Mr Babatunde Fashola, the
Minister of Works and Housing (FMWH), on Tuesday, rewarded 50 most outstanding
members of staff of the ministry for productivity and diligence in service
delivery.
Fashola gave the awards at the
2018 Recognition and Reward Ceremony for the staff of the Federal Ministry of
Power, Works and Housing in Abuja.
“The award being the maiden
edition included the members of staff from the ministry of power, because the
selection of the awardees was carried out in 2018 before the separation of the
ministries,” he said.
He said the award became
necessary so as to encourage better productivity from the staff.
The minister said the ministry
deemed it fit to reward members of staff who were outstanding in doing their
jobs.
“We should always look after our
environment; let us own the environment and space we work in so as to improve
it not only for ourselves but for all Nigerians.
“There are so many people you
will never meet, whose lives we must have affected through the work you do such
as hospital or road you helped to build.
“So if we commit ourselves we
will make them happier people,” he said.
The minister said that the
success of any government depended on the input of civil servants.
He said if civil servants were committed
to carrying out their duties diligently it would impact positively on
productivity which evolves the economy.
Fashola added that civil and
public servants were one per cent that decided what happens to the remaining 99
per cent of the large population.
The minister, therefore, advised
that all civil servants should do all necessary things to ensure that
injustice, inequality and poverty were eliminated from the country.
He, however, congratulated the
awardees and admonished them to keep on the hard work, saying the reward called
for more work.
Fashola also called on all civil
servants to always dress well to their offices as such would project the office
in a positive image.
The Chairman, Federal Civil
Service Commission, Dr Bello Ingawa, said the award was in line with Civil
Service Rules and should be sustained and emulated by other Ministries,
Departments and Agencies (MDAs).
Represented by Mr Fatai Adebayo,
Federal Commissioner, Oyo/Osun, Civil Service Commission, Ingawa noted that it
was imperative to commend and motivate efficient and effective civil servants
to encourage productivity.
Alhaji Mohammed Bukar, Permanent
Secretary, FMWH, said that the aim was to motivate deserving staff to encourage
better service delivery.
Represented by Mr Ahmed Abdul,
the Acting Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Power, Bukar commended the
ministry for such initiative, saying that it would challenge other members of
staff to sit up.
“It is my pleasure to be part of
this rewarding exercise of some deserving staff of the ministry, whose
performances have been assessed and indeed they were outstanding,’’ he said.
The awardees included one from
the directorate cadre, 33 from the senior cadre and 16 from the junior cadre.
The awardees were given cash,
plaques among other things.
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