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 Efficient civil service crucial for national development –Osinbajo

Efficient civil service crucial for national development –Osinbajo

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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has said that an efficient civil service is vital for national development and governance.

Osinbajo stated this on Monday at the commissioning of the new civil service secretariat complex in Asaba, Delta State capital, which was named after the Asagba of Asaba, Prof. Chike Edozien.

The Vice President, who was received at the Asaba airport by the Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, noted at the secretariat that the commissioning was historic “because the seat of the civil service of any arm of government anywhere in the world is usually one of the major monuments enshrining not just the power, but also the splendour of the authority of government.”

“This imposing complex clearly meets this requirement. In due course, such buildings become historical monuments,” he said, according to a statement by his spokesman, Laolu Akande.

It was titled, ‘An Efficient Civil Service Crucial For National Development, Governance – Osinbajo’.

The VP was quoted as saying, “Such a public service requires training, and capacity building but also workspaces that are well equipped, conducive, and inspirational. We have heard already how inspired the public servants today are and they are even spending long hours in the office. This is very commendable indeed. Public servants require environments that bring out the best in them. This secretariat complex will provide such an environment,” he stated.

The VP, who described the new secretariat as a state-of-the-art, functional, and befitting secretariat complex, said it was befitting that the state decided to immortalize the name of one of Delta State’s and Nigeria’s most illustrious sons.

He also observed that the recognition the Delta State government has accorded Edozien would serve as an inspiration and a pointer to the kind of excellence required in public service.

“In naming this building after His Royal Majesty, you are not just celebrating a highly respected and deserving son of Delta State and Nigeria, you are also signalling the sort of excellence in public service that we wish to see incubated within this complex.

“But perhaps more importantly, you are saying to a generation, not old enough to be employed in the civil service today, that integrity, diligence, and service to community and country still pay. It is my hope that this place will, like the eminent personage after whom it is named, be a symbol of unity and distinction,” the VP added,

He said the governor deserved commendation for being able to provide the funding for the laudable project “despite dwindling revenue receipts and severe resource constraints across all levels of government in our country.”

Earlier, the Vice President had also commissioned an 8.5MW Power Plant with a 25km distribution network in Asaba right behind the new secretariat.

The Independent Power Project, which was jointly facilitated by the Delta State government and Bastanchury Power Solutions, is now providing 24/7 electricity supply to the State Government House and the Secretariat in Asaba.

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