In order to improve and strengthen its workforce for quality service delivery, Ondo State Government has organized a five-day seminar for newly appointed Permanent Secretaries and Tutors-General at the Lagos Business School, Lagos state.
Declaring open the seminar, Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, said the seminar was part of a deliberately planned and sustained manpower development programmes instituted to support good governance.
Speaking through the Secretary to Ondo State Government, Dr. Rotimi Adelola, Dr. Mimiko, explained that the positive impact of the school on productivity of previous participants from Ondo State, gave birth to ‘COMSERVE’ an acronym for commitment to Excellence Service.
According to him, ‘COMSERVE’ had captured the expectation of his government in the re-orientation, repositioning and effectiveness of the State Civil Service.
Dr. Mimiko, who said government would continue to give priority to the training of its workforce, disclosed that more than 90% of Civil Servants had attended relevant trainings since 2009, just as this had enabled government to have a pool of intellectually and emotionally mobile workforce that could compete globally.
The Governor, expressed appreciation to the Lagos Business School for its support at all times, urging participants to take full advantage of the seminar.
Earlier, the Head of Service, Ondo State, Mr. Ajose Kudehinbu, informed that the participants were the third batch of top civil servants that would be visiting the Lagos Business School.
He said that the training would stand as a starting point for the newly appointed Permanent Secretaries and Tutors-General, adding that it was a step in a right direction.
Speaking on behalf of other participants, Mr. Dare Aragbaye, thanked the Government of Ondo State for organizing the programme.
He assured of their dedication to duties at all times in order to justify the confidence reposed in them. Papers on Social-Economic Environment: Ondo State in Nigeria, the challenge of Leading in the Public Sector, among others were delivered.
Ayoade Akande
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