The President, who swore-in six new Permanent secretaries at the Presidential Villa, Abuja today said that report reaching him showed that some permanent secretaries and their ministers have not been in good terms.
According to him, no meaningful development could be achieved in such a situation, adding that lack of good working relationship in any organization would always lead to stagnation.
He made it clear that wherever there is a failure in the implementation of government policies as a result of such conflict of interests, both the minister and permanent secretary would be held responsible.
“The two of them would be regarded as failures,” President Jonathan stressed, even as he Pleaded with them to work together in the interest of Nigeria.
President Jonathan also expressed worry at the low level of discipline in the civil service, saying that the situation has become so rotten that superior officers no longer had the liver to issue query to the junior ones.
According to him, the civil service is now operating as a no-man’s land, even as he asked the leadership of the service to wake up to its responsibility.
The federal permanent secretaries who were sworn-in today are Mr.
Musa Istefanus from Taraba state, Malam Aminu Aliyu Bissala from Suleja in Niger state, Arc. Sunday Silver Echono from Otukpo in Benue, Dr. Amina Mohammed Bello Shamaki from Jega in Kebbi state,
Mrs. Nana Fatima Mende from Auchi Edo state and Ambassador Bulus Z. Lolo from Kwoi in Kaduna state.
Discipline is the problem in civil servixe, retarding progress…queries hardly fly around
Worried that lately permsecs don’t work with ministers…says this is a recipe for failure..
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