Says public servants must resume at 8am
Gboyega Akinsanmi
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi
Ambode, at the weekend, unveiled the plan by
his administration to cut the cost of
governance in the state by streamlining some
ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs),
while new ones would be created.
Unlike his immediate predecessor, Mr.
Babatunde Fashola, the governor disclosed
that he had relocated to the Lagos House in
Ikeja, which he said, suggested that all public
servants in the state should be at duty posts
on or before 8a.m.
He disclosed these plans at inaugural
meeting he held with the Body of Permanent
Secretaries at the Lagos House, Ikeja,
alongside his deputy, Dr. Oluranti Adebule
and Secretary to the State Government, Mr.
Olatunji Bello, among others.
At the meeting, Ambode explained the
significance of public service in governance,
noting that the state civil service would drive
the change and continuity, which he had
designed to pursue purposefully in the next
four years.
The governor added that he planned “to
strengthen the civil service and continue with
the reforms through which he will carry out
his policies,” thus urging the permanent
secretaries to see themselves as front runners
of his administration.
He explained that he would take advantage of
the experience he garnered in the public
service to transform the state to a true status
of Africa’s model megacity and make it the
first place of choice for investors and tourists.
Ambode told them about his plan for the new
offices, though some existing MDAs “will be
streamlined in order to ensure that the cost
of governance is reduced, while ensuring
greater efficiency and effectiveness in public
service.”
He noted that part of his inaugural speech
dwelt on the creation of a Ministry of Wealth
Creation and Employment, which he said,
would ensure that not only “will the state
government create wealth, but ensure that
when investments from foreign sources drops,
a pro-active situation is in place to take care
of them.”
He said since the All Progressives Congress
(APC) “has already formed a government at
the centre, investments are also bound to
drop from the centre and that when such
investments come, the state should have a
front desk office that will attend to such
people bringing in the investments or people
with interest to bring them in.”
The governor disclosed that some agencies
would be returned “to their original
supervising agencies to ensure that the
control which used to be in place for those
agencies returns. Permanent secretaries must
exercise the authority that comes with their
positions efficiently and ensure that each
officer works for the position he has
attained.”
He added that all his latest pronouncements
“are not about reinventing the wheel, but
mainly to take full advantage the experience I
garnered while in the Public Service of Lagos
State. I will not be reinventing the wheel with
my pronouncements.”

source:this day

Make tinubu return from abj Den I go belive dis story I doubt if ambode tell tinubu before he made dis public

To me, I think this man's mouth is kinda loose.
Like Wtf??
investments from centre ?? Must that go public??
Anyways I hope as the work load is increased so will be its compensation.

Good luck to him in his governance.

Dat is y i lik change

Good development, that's what Nigeria needs across board right now