The Office of the Head of Service says the overall management leadership, planning, training and motivation of public servants will continue to be the priority of government for the achievement of the cardinal programmes of the Prince Dapo Abiodun led- administration.
To this end, the State Head of Service, Mrs. Amope Chokor, stated that in the next fiscal year, her office would evolve more administrative plans to improve and maintain the morale of the State workforce with a view to providing effective service delivery for the members of the public.
Chokor made this known while reeling out the budget estimates of her Office, Bureaux of State Pensions, Establishments and Training, Service Matters, Public Transformation Office and the State Civil Service Commission, stating that the civil service remained pivotal in the formulation of operational programmes and policies in line with the present administration’s blueprint at retaining the State in her enviable position in the comity of States.
Giving the breakdown of the budget estimates of the Office of the Head of Service, she noted that a total budget proposal of N406m was being proposed for next year, consisting of N120m capital expenses, N286m for recurrent and N20m as expected revenue.
On her part, the Permanent Secretary, Bureau of Local Government Pensions, Mrs. Foladade Irene Kokumo, has reiterated that the bureau would sustain the economic independence of retirees through prompt payment of pension and gratuities.
Kokumo disclosed that the next fiscal year would witness more strategies towards ensuring effective supervision and prompt remittance of pension deduction under contributory pension scheme to custodians including retirees of the Local Government Service and Local Government Education Authorities (teaching and non-teaching) in the State, with a view to achieving guaranted comfortable and fulfilled post-service life for them.
For the actualization of such vision in the next fiscal year, Kokumo said the bureau had earmarked a sum of N57m to include N27m for capital projects and N30m for reccurrent in the next fiscal year.
