Enugu state government organizes capacity building training for permanent secretaries

Maureen Edozie in Enugu

The Enugu State Government has organised  a 3-Day Productivity and Capacity building for Permanent Secretaries and Head, Personnel Management (HPM) of local government areas in the state aimed to ensure greater efficiency and  productivity in the state civil service..

Penpushing reports that the Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah speaking while declaring open the training held  at Amaedo event center Enugu explained that its part of his administration’s efforts  to overhaul the civil service system.

The Governor who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government Professor Chidiebere Onyia, added that the training was to instill in the participants the necessary tools and knowledge required to achieve the goals of revitalization of the civil service.

Penpushing further reports that he pointed out that public service is the backbone of the state governance and development, hence the roles of participants are crucial in implementing policies, delivering services and driving progress across various sectors.

The Governor added that, the state Government through the Commissioner for labour and productivity, will introduce to the participants, a comprehensive productive enhancement module that focuses on improved performance, increase accountability, streamlining processes and focus on productivity enhancement.

Penpushing also reports that he explained that a change from labour and employment to labour and productivity is not merely a change in nomenclature but a strategic alignment to better meet the state government ‘s objectives of emphasis on efficiency, comprehensive approach, result oriented focus, and alignment with modern practices”.

The Governor reiterated that the intention of government was to create a dynamic and responsive public service that is capable of meeting the evolving needs of citizens, which will in turn enhance the overall growth and development of Enugu state.

Penpushing reports that Mbah urged the trainees to develop modules for tracking performance using empirical evidence, noting that quantifiable data will assist government achieve what we needed as a state and promised that state government will continue to collaborate with the National Productivity Centre to ensure synergy.

The Director- General, National Productivity Centre, Dr. Baffa Baba Danagundi in his speech noted that there was need for the training which is to create productivity awareness in State’s Public Service and build a solid foundation for subsequent productivity.

Penpushing further reports that Danagundi described productivity as vital driver of success as governments continuously work toward achieving its goals adding that Labour productivity growth was crucial to increased wages, standards of living and also increase consumers purchasing power.

‘It is in a bid to improve productivity in Enugu state that led to the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the National Productivity Centre and Enugu State Ministry of Labour on the 12th July, 2024”, he said

‘The purpose of the MOU is to build the momentum for change through a wholistic capacity building programme since no Organization, Institution or Nation can fend better than the quality of the human resource in terms of their ability to create, innovate, add value and generate wealth’, the added.

‘The character, skills and competence of every workforce determine to a very large extend how far an organization will go in achieving their organizational objectives’, the director general emphasized.

Penpushing also reports that earlier in his welcome address, the Commissioner for Labour and Productivity, Chika Ugwuoke, said the Governor has set a very ambitious goal of growing state economy from $4.4bn to $30bn within the next 3-7 years adding that this can only be achieved on the foundation of a productive civil service.

The Commissioner observed that by embracing a culture of productivity, leveraging data-driven insights, and fostering collaboration, can achieve remarkable results, stressing that enhancing productivity and implementing a robust tracking model were essential component needed.

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