Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo
The Federal Government has issued another directive to its Ministries, Departments and Agencies to immediately resume the conduct of the Focus Workshop on the Operationalization of the Executive Order No. 001, 2017 on the Promotion of Transparency and Efficiency in the Business Environment beginning from August 30, 2017 or be sanctioned.
This was contained in a circular, titled: “Resumption of the conduct of the Focus Workshop on the Operationalization of the Executive Order No. 001, 2017 on the Promotion of Transparency and Efficiency in the Business Environment,” signed by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Winifred Ekanem Oyo-Ita.
The circular said the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, gave the directive following the failure of the MDAs to ensure participation of the five-member Implementation Team at eight of the series of Focus Workshop held from July 5 to 13, 2017 by the MDAs.
According to Oyo-Ita, the lukewarm attitude to the policy directive of Government by assigned MDAs, which recorded average attendance of 23 per cent of the expected invited participants, compelled the abrupt suspension of the workshop.
The Head of Service emphasized that attendance of the Focus Workshop by members of the Implementation Team on the Executive Order No. 001 is mandatory and that failure to attend will be construed as willful attempt to frustrate the Presidential directive and shall be visited with stern reprimand.
She said that MDAs are required to prior to the workshop submit their Operationalization Plan to the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation through the Office of the Permanent Secretary, Common Services Office and are equally expected to log onto the website of the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation at www.ohcsf.gov.ng to ensure attendance of the workshop on their scheduled date.
Oyo-Ita said the implementation team of the MDAs will be required to make presentations of the highlights of their OP during the workshop.
The circular further directed all Permanent Secretaries, Heads of Extra-Ministerial Departments and Agencies to ensure strict compliance with the order to attend the workshop, which is expected to hold at the Public Service Institute of Nigeria every Wednesdays and Thursdays from August 30, 2017 till September 20, 2017 at 10am.
It will be recalled that the Federal Government had earlier issued directives to the MDAs on the full implementation of the Executive Order 001 2017 on the Promotion of Transparency and Efficiency in the Business Environment or be sanctioned.
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