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Ekiti State politician Biodun Oyebanji has said that professionalism remains the hallmark of an effectual and businesslike civilian service.
Oyebanji, who assured the workers successful the authorities that his medication volition proceed to let them to run without governmental interference, said helium was not oblivious to the inherent information successful the undue politicisation of the service.
The governor, who stated that specified breeds mediocrity susceptible of undermining the credibility and potency of workers to present optimally, spoke astatine the 2025 Ekiti State Public Service Forum and Award of Excellence Ceremony held astatine the Adetiloye Hall, Trade Fair Complex, Ado Ekiti.
He explained that productivity successful the civilian work could lone beryllium entrenched and enhanced erstwhile determination is simply a work that places precocious premium connected merit implicit mediocrity successful appointments and postings.
The politician promised that his medication would proceed to support the civilization of professionalism successful the civilian work and uplift it to a competitory and productive entity that tin present the champion to the State.
Represented by his deputy, Chief (Mrs) Monisade Afuye, helium said his authorities has been capable to execute its imaginativeness of making Ekiti a microcosm of improvement owed to coagulated enactment being received from civilian servants.
The governor, however, maintained that the coagulated backing being received from workers was a reciprocation of his elephantine strides done punctual outgo of salary, pension, gratuity, deductions to cooperative societies and implementation of promotion arsenic and erstwhile due.
Oyebanji, who applauded the versatility and intelligence mobility of civilian servants, urged them to refrain from acts that could derail the civilian service, describing the workers arsenic the main drivers of the Ekiti economy, which helium said was predominantly civilian service-oriented.
“You person seen however we person operated with quality look successful the past 3 years. We are not going to see authorities successful appointing radical to positions.
“You could each attest to however we person promoted professionalism and merit implicit mediocrity. We are not going to promote immoderate enactment that tin undermine your capableness to deliver,” helium said.
In her remarks, the Head of Service, Dr Folakemi Olomojobi, said she was excited and felt actualised with the elephantine strides made by Governor Oyebanji successful the halfway civilian service, adding that the authorities present has a person who does not request lobbying earlier investing and backing the civilian work adequately.
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