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Governor Abiola Ajimobi on Tuesday said over 16000 civil servants and teachers in Oyo State have benefited from local and overseas capacity building and training programmes under his administration in the last 6years.

The governor who stated this in Ibadan while declaring open a capacity development programme organized by the state government for management and senior staff in the state civil service held at the Parliament Building, Secretariat also cautioned civil servants in Oyo state against
lateness to work, delay in treatment of files, rumor mongering and other bad behaviours capable of affecting their productivity.

The governor maintained that this was as a result of the need for a well trained and quality civil service as the engine room of the government, hence imperative to update, train and retrain the personnel to enhance their efficiency and effectiveness.

“I will rather suggest that this training programme be tagged human capacity training for change. Because, those who fail to change are usually carried away by that change. The essence of governance is to promote the wellbeing of the citizenry. The civil service is the engine room of the civil service. If the engine malfunctions, the vehicle will not work well” he said.

Governor Ajimobi added that “for the optimum effectiveness of the engine room, the service must be overhauled, restructured and re-oiled.”

The governor then charged the civil servants to endeavor to aim high in their callings, adding that “to think positive in their works would lead to positive achievements”.

Speaking further, the governor disclosed that his administration had worked consistently towards quality control through continuous verification of workers’ certificates, punctuality, and other service records, and that the state government would also continue to reward excellent performance.

“Your thoughts have ways of impacting on your efficiency. Attitudes like lateness to work, delay in treating files, rumor mongering would naturally affect your productivity. I enjoin you to support the government in moving the state forward by changing your values, habit and behavior towards the service”.

Governor Ajimobi said with the level his administration was able to maintain quality control in the state civil service through verification of certificates and close monitoring at work posts, ” we have today a corps of civil servants that will continue to enhance productivity and as a result grow our society.”

The state Head of Service, Mr. Soji Eniade in his remark stated that the capacity building programme was necessitated by the prevailing situation in the civil service as part of restructuring process of the administration.

He then charged the participants to take advantage of the programme aimed at producing a policy document on attitudinal and ethical standard for smooth public service at the end.

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