- Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has charged all Permanent Secretaries in the state’s civil service to collaborate with cabinet members.
- Sanwo-Olu said there must be efficient collaboration between the Permanent Secretaries and political heads assigned to their ministries.
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has charged all Permanent Secretaries in the state’s civil service to bring their experience to bear in creating implementation framework and seamless coordination in the delivery of government’s programmes and policies.
Sanwo-Olu gave the admonition on Thursday while declaring a two-day retreat organised for the Permanent Secretaries open at Intercontinental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Sanwo-Olu said there must be efficient collaboration between the Permanent Secretaries, who are experienced technocrats, and political heads assigned to their ministries to drive programmes’ implementation.
The governor enjoined the Permanent Secretaries to leverage their positions to foster teamwork with cabinet members for improved impact of governance and development.
Sanwo-Olu said the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic had brought changes to traditional ways of working, charging all the 57 participants to adapt themselves to the new reality and think outside the box in order not to slow down wheel of governance.
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He said, “Permanent Secretary is a position that comes with tough responsibilities, given the expectation from the political leadership and the citizenry. As experienced officers in the civil service, Permanent Secretaries must develop a framework for implementation of government’s programmes and policies. This means creating viable relationships with the political heads of their ministries.
“Most of the cabinet members who are also professionals in their own right may not understand the rudiments of engagement in the public service. It is the duty of the Permanent Secretaries to put them through and streamline the activities of ministries in line with objectives of the Government. Therefore, collaboration between the cabinet members and civil service is necessary for better coordination.”
Sanwo-Olu told the participants to see their appointment into the position as a privilege that must be embraced with humility, urging them not to be domineering in imposing their authority in their ministries.
He admonished them to accord respect to public officers in lower cadres and carry them along in the activities of the ministries.
On his part, the Head of Service, Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola, said the retreat was an on-boarding process for newly appointed Permanent Secretaries to learn from their older colleagues and get them equipped with ideas that will help them run the affairs of their respective ministries efficiently.
Muri-Okunola, therefore, hailed the governor for approving the retreat, pledging the commitment of the civil service towards achieving the administration’s development agenda.
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