YAYALE AHMED EXTOLS YEMI-ESAN ..... Says HOSF Actualizing Objectives of the Federal Civil Service Strategy and Implementation Plan.

Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan CFR
HOSF

The Chairman Council of Retired Federal Permanent Secretaries, Alhaji M. Yayale Ahmed, has stated that the annual Civil Service Week by its usually apt and well-crafted themes, has remained a true reminder and calibration of the essence and place of the Civil Service as the engine room of policy, articulation and implementation. 

Speaking on behalf of the Council of Retired Federal Permanent Secretaries (CORFEIS), Alhaji Yayale said the choice of this Year's Theme, "Education Fit For the 21st Century: Preparing Nigerian Public Servants to Address Global Challenges While Fostering Employee Engagement, Retention, and Job Satisfaction, in so many respects, adequately focuses on the salient sectoral issues of grooming motivating and retaining fit-for-purpose Civil Servants in an environment that has globally changed and become difficult. 

Yayale Ahmed, Yemi-Esan and others pose for group photograph during the 2024 Annual Civil Service Week

According to him, 'Education Fit for the 21st Century must address a shift from the conventional competencies and approach to both techniques and delivery so as to catch up with Global Best Practices. 

"This is simply a wakeup call to catch up with modern trends and ways of doing things in the Civil Service. Indeed, your choice of Theme could not have been better given the challenges we face.

"I have watched with interest and satisfaction, the commitment of the present Head of the Civil Service of the Federation in not only building on the gains of the Civil Service, but the keen attention to actualising the objectives of the Federal Civil Service Strategy and Implementation Plan (FCSSIP). 

"To sustain and consolidate the core values of accountability, meritocracy, professionalism, loyalty and efficiency in the Civil Service, our education must be tailored towards catching up on level playing grounds with modern trends.

"On this note, I embrace the spirit behind this Year's activities of the Civil Service Week and encourage all to pay rapt attention to the paper presentation and the deliberation that will follow. Alhaji Yayale said.