PRESS RELEASE

EUROPEAN UNION TRAINS CIVIL SERVANTS ON RECORDS MANAGEMENT

The Director-General, Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR), Dr. Joe Abah has called on Record Officers in the Federal Civil Service to take advantage of the workshop organised by the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation (OHOCSF) in conjunction with Department for International Development (DFID) to prepare themselves for the New Records Management Policy.
He made this known while delivering his welcome address in Abuja recently.
Dr. Abah observed that the Stakeholders’ Workshop was borne out of the fact that in 2008, the Federal Government identified the need to develop a National Strategy on Public Service Reforms (NSPSR) but unfortunately many of the on-going reforms across the public service were unknown outside the lead MDAs.
Dr. Abah, also noted that there was no central monitoring or evaluation of reforms to ensure that reform efforts were not at cross purposes with each other, adding that there were also no opportunities to learn and replicate lessons from reform activities.
Furthermore, he said that it was in this context that the Stakeholders’ Workshop on Record Management is organised to improve information sharing, facilitate quick and easy access to the right information at the right time and to improve the reliability and security of records.
Dr. Abah who was represented by the Director, Reform Coordination, Mr. Yamusa Bin also thanked the European Union delegation to Nigeria for their continued and steadfast support to the public service reform programmes in Nigeria, urging them to sustain and enhance the support.
Declaring the workshop open, the Permanent Secretary, Career Management Office, OHOCSF, Amb. Bulus Lolo noted that accurate record management is the life-blood of any organization and enjoined participants to maximize the opportunity so that they can use what they have learnt to improve service delivery
Amb. Lolo who was represented by the Director, Employee Relations and Welfare Department, OHOCSF, Mr. Hafiz Alayaki also commended the European Union for the timely intervention in this regard.
Also speaking, the leader of the Resource Persons, Mr. Bayo Oladejo said the whole essence of the workshop is to reduce the time spent searching for the right information thereby improving service delivery.
About 50 Civil Servants drawn from different Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) took part in the training.