By: Monday Danladi, Bauchi
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Bauchi State Government has reiterated its commitment to training and retraining of personnel including political appointees in order to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in service delivery.
The assertion was made by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Barr Mohammed Ibrahim Kashim at the opening of a 3-day sensitization workshop for Commissioners, Special Advisers, Permanent Secretaries and top government officials on Wednesday in Bauchi.
He however expressed displeasure over what it described as nonchalant attitude of Commissioners and other top functionaries in attending public functions even when the Governor is in attendance.
Kashim Ibrahim said that, “The Governor, Sen Bala Mohammed Abdulkadir has always expressed his displeasure this attitude and it must be checked.”
According to him, “It is disheartening that when I looked at the seat reserved for the Commissioners, I could only count Eight of them out of the Twenty-four Commissioners we have in the state.”
“This is not good, the programme is meant for them and they are not here. Anyways, let their colleagues who are here call those who are not here to make it here,” The SSG added.
He then told the Head of Civil Service to “Direct the Permanent Secretary, Establishment Matters to call each one of them on his or her mobile phone number to attend this very important event. On our own, the Chief of Staff and myself are supposed to be part of this programme and we have made it a duty upon ourselves to be here in attendance.”
The SSG further said that,”We will be here tomorrow and the day after the programme so that we can have a comprehensive list of those who will be here and not so that we can present it to His Excellency. I had a lengthy discussion with him late yesterday and he also talked about this our attitude of not attending programmes at all and with no justifiable reasons.”
He stressed that the administration has prioritised training and retraining of members of the service in order to have the best of results in governance.
He also stated that civil and public servants must be up and doing in order to achieve set objectives calling on the participants to pay attention to the papers that will be presented.
The SSG therefore declared the workshop opened with assurance that everything discussed will be transmitted to the Governor for necessary action with the aim of improving on service delivery to the people of the state.
Also speaking, the Chief of Staff, Government House, Dr Hassan Gamawa had earlier berated the Commissioners for their lackadaisical attitude towards attending functions a development he said was not speaking well.
The CoS stressed the importance of attending public functions Organized as it will afford them the opportunity to know the current happenings and how to proffer solutions to them.
He urged those that were present as of the time of the opening ceremony of the programme to make it a point of duty to remind those who were not there the need to attend the programme which was organised for them.
In his opening remarks, the Head of Civil Service of the State, Yahuza Haruna Adamu stated that the workshop was necessitated by the fallout from the retreat held last year with the aim of improving service delivery in governance.
He added that, “Some time last year during our retreat, the Governor in consultation with the lead Consultant and in order to move the State forward found it necessary to have this capacity building workshop and remind you of the milestone we have reached.”
The HoS added that, “It is an opportunity for us to appraise ourselves and see how we can progress and proffer solutions to our problems in order to deliver the dividends of democracy to the people of the state generally.”
“With this little remarks, I wish to use this opportunity to most sincerely welcome each and everyone of you and to also request you to kindly use your phones to inform your colleagues that are not here to please come quickly, the programme is for all of us,” he stressed.
