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CIVIL SERVANTS TO UNDERGO COMPULSERY PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT TRAINING

The Director General, Bureau of Public Service Reforms, Dr. Joe Abah has said that the Bureau of Public Service Reforms is working closely with the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation for performance enhancement training across all strata of the Civil Service.
He made this statement while presenting a paper titled “reforming the Reforms in the Public Sector in Nigeria” at the operational meeting of management staff of the Police Service Commission on 2nd of March, 2015.
While explaining the role and mandate of the bureau which is to initiate, coordinate, monitor and ensure full implementation of government reform policies and programmes, Dr. Abah spoke extensively on the compendium “review of reforms in Nigeria 1999 -2014” and highlighted the findings on each sector of the economy stating that the awareness of the public on the reforms of the Police force is 71% and the overall assessment of the Police force reforms at 67%.
He was quick to add that there was room for improvement as pointed out in the compendium. He informed the management that the compendium will soon be forwarded to the Federal Executive Council (FEC) for its information and further directive.
While answering questions on the assessment tools used to assess sectorial reforms, Dr. Abah said the mandate of every agency and their corresponding output was a major assessment tool the bureau used in the compilation.
Speaking further, he said that the performance management system yet to be introduced in the Civil Service is being carefully considered bearing in mind every indices that come to play so as to have a workable Performance Management System. He said part of the efforts include the introduction of compulsory performance enhancement training for all Civil Servants aimed at achieving the overall vision of the National Strategy on Public Service Reforms (NSPSR) document which is to have a world class Public Service by the year, 2025.
He concluded by informing the management of the Police Service Commission that the NSPSR document will be forwarded to FEC also for consideration and approval.
Amidst standing ovation and applause to the DG, the management of Police Service Commission thank him for a well enlightened lecture, they beckoned on the DG for further assistance as the need may arise on the reform in the Police force.