Osun Civil Servants Hails Aregbesola’s Administration Over Performance

Members of Osun State Civil Service has lauded Governor Rauf Aregbesola over his administration’s outstanding performance in all sectors during his eight years tenure in office.

Speaking through their leaders, the Head of Service, Dr. Festus Oyebade Adegboyega, aka ‘Olowo’ noted that the eight years administration of Governor Aregbesola has transformed and repositioned the civil and public services in the state.

Adegboyega who made the statement while delivering his welcome address during the Public Service Lecture and Awards Programme‎ jointly organized by the Office of the Head of Service and State of Osun Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) in Osogbo said the outgoing administration of Aregbesola has restored hope to the hopeless through the implementation of people-oriented programmes which had directly and indirectly improved on the general well-being of the citizenry.

The Head of Service commended Aregbesola’s government for being passionate and committed to the welfare and general wellbeing of the civil servants and the entire citizens in the state.

He hailed Governor Aregbesola for being faithful to the tenets of the oath of allegiance and oath of office which he sworn to while assuming office.

The HoS announced that no civil servant across sector loses his or her job under the leadership of Governor Aregbesola, a gesture which he described as unprecedented in the annals of civil service since the creation of the state.

His ‎words: “Today symbolizes the celebration of worthy victory, good governance and exemplary leadership in the annals of civil service in Osun as it remains the first time in the history of the state for an outgoing Governor to be openly celebrated and honoured in this manner‎.

“‎The outgoing ‎administration has truly bequeathed worthy legacy in all sectors of the economy as being manifested in the successful implementation of its policies and programmes since inception.

“As we celebrate the successful tenure of our Governor, it is important to us to let the whole world know that this government has delivered on the mandate willingly given by the good people of Osun. Our governor has done excellently well”.

In his remarks, the Governor Aregbesola appreciated the rank and file of civil servants in the state for being supportive of his administration since inception.

He described Osun workforce as one of the best in the world, saying his government had been privileged to have worked with outstanding civil servants in the last eight years.

Governor Aregbesola who titled his speech, “The Good Service”, charged civil servants in the state to maintain the spirit of resilience, productivity and hard work which his administration had laid in all sectors.

He described the civil service as the engine room of government, noting that it has become imperative on every worker in the state to justify his or her income with efficiency, effectiveness and diligence to duty.

“There is therefore the need for the service to double its effort by increasing productivity. The concept of productivity in the public sector is not as clear as in the private sector. In the later, the balance sheet is the ultimate judge and it is indisputable when your account is in surplus or otherwise.

“We tried to conceive of it in the state as the extent to which a department of government impacted the society in its area of service.

“For instance, the agriculture ministry’s impact should be felt by the quantum of harvests in a season. Education should be measured by the content of character of the pupils, their performance in internal and external examinations and the quantum of knowledge and enlightenment in our society.

“Health ministry will be assessed by how healthy we are and how we have rolled back sickness and diseases in our communities. These should be measurable by setting realistic objectives in line with available human and material resources.

“Virtually every ministry, department or agency of government should come up for periodic assessment. Where excellence is noticed, there should be a reward in material and moral terms. It should be vice versa as well. Promotion, confirmation and conversion should reflect productivity on individual and groupal basis”, he stated.

Governor Aregbesola also wants the pristine values that define the civil service to be reintroduced. “The characteristics of being apolitical, impersonal, loyalty, avoidance of nepotism, conflict of interest etc. should be brought back to the service in full force. We cannot have productivity and efficiency of service without these values”, Aregbesola said.

The Pioneer Secretary to the Osun State Government and Chairman of the ‎occasion, Chief Moses Inaolaji Aboaba, described the eight years of Aregbesola’s administration as most successful, fulfilling and outstanding in the history of the state.

Aboaba said, “Aregbesola has come, he has seen, and he has conquered. He has written his name on the sand of time. He has modernized our state and turned our towns to cynosure of all eyes in term of infrastructural development and socioeconomic advancement.

“There is no doubting the fact that the outgoing administration had laid solid foundation on the socioeconomic and political architecture of our state. We have seen genuine development and real transformation in the last eight years of this administration.

“We are glad to boast of laudable, remarkable, verifiable and monumental achievements recorded by this administration in the last eight years”.

Earlier in his lecture, the Guest Lecturer who is the Vice Chancellor of Osun State University, Professor Labode Popoola commended the administration of Governor Aregbesola for being faithful to the promises made to the people of the state.

Popoola whose lecture was hinged on the need to fight corruption in all strata‎ called on Nigerians to wage war against anything that can undermine national development and progress.

“We need to rethink and refocus our development trajectory and lead the crusade for good governance and exemplary leadership that will in return bring about all-round development.

“It is time for us to see productivity, hard work and diligence as panacea to development and transformation”, Popoola said.

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