Stakeholders in Sokoto have noted corruption as the bane of efficient civil service and stressed the need to restructure the civil service to ensure accountability and transparency in the discharge of its responsibilities.
"In order to drive change in the state, the civil service must be seen to be progressive and efficient in its dealing.
As a result, the efforts should be accelerated to professionalize the civil service," they added.
These were contained in a communique issued at the end of a 2 – Day retreat for Directors of Administration and Finance of Sokoto state civil service organized by state government in collaboration with National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN.
The retreat attended by 200 participants from various Ministries, Departments and Agencies, identified service delivery, accountability and credibility as essential ingredient of an efficient civil service.
The participants also noted the role of monitoring and evaluation in positively influencing workplace attitude and quality assurance.
"In the same vein the retreat agreed that reward system is an important motivation factor for workers. Therefore, there is need to reinforce the practice for optimum work output, " they stated.
The participants welcomed the various reforms introduced by the present administration in Sokoto towards ensuring transparent and effective civil service just as they lauded the state government for its "massive investment" in capacity building in the various sectors of the public service.
While stressing the importance of budget in providing framework for implementing major strategic decisions and in ensuring efficient allocation of resources, they pointed out the need for strict adherence to budgetary provision by ministries department and agencies.
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