Workers’ audits not meant for downsizing – Head of Service

Mrs Didi Walson-Jack, Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF), says the ongoing Personnel Audit and Skills Gap Analysis (PASGA) inaugural is not aimed astatine downsizing workers butat ensuring up-to-date information to reposition the Federal Civil Service.

Walson-Jack stated this successful Abuja connected Thursday astatine a sensitisation programme connected the PASGA project, organised by the bureau of HCSF for imperishable secretaries, directors and consultants of the initiative.

Represented by Dr Deborah Odoh, Permanent Secretary, Service Policies and Strategies Office, Walson-Jack said the task was designed to fortify unit information integrity, align competencies with organisational needs, and beforehand evidence-based quality assets management.

“The unsocial happening astir this workout is that it is not conscionable a unit audit but besides a skills spread analysis,” she said.

She explained that the task would alteration the authorities to person reliable information for effectual planning, deployment and decision-making successful the civilian service.

“Over the years, the Service has grappled with fragmented and outdated unit information, starring to inefficiencies and misalignments.

“Through PASGA, we are mounting a caller standard, 1 that is transparent, data-based, and performance-orientated.

“This betterment volition present close unit records, place existing skills gaps, and enactment targeted grooming and redeployment aligned with the evolving needs of government,” she said.

According to her, the workout volition assistance measure the competencies of each unit member, place gaps and program applicable grooming to guarantee that unit are decently deployed.

“With this initiative, we volition reposition and physique capableness crossed the service. We person already commenced integer literacy grooming with the National Information Technology Development (NITDA) to heighten unit capableness and efficiency.

“Eventually, determination volition beryllium nary request for downsizing. Instead, we volition reposition unit and guarantee effectual performance,” she said.

Also speaking, Dr Danjuma Kalba, Permanent Secretary, Common Services Office, described PASGA arsenic a large measurement towards gathering an efficient, accountable and digitally driven civilian service.

According to him, the task aligns with the Federal Civil Service Strategy and Implementation Plan 2025 (FCSSIP25), particularly successful areas of digitisation, endowment absorption and organisational efficiency.

“As the coordinating ministry and spot of the fig 1 civilian servant successful Nigeria, the bureau of the HCSF remains steadfast successful starring transformative reforms that uphold professionalism and work excellence,” Kalba said.

Also speaking, Mr Ayo Muritala, Senior Managing Partner, Knewrow Performance Engineering, 1 of the project’s consultants, said PASGA, besides known arsenic Project Phoenix, represents renewal and rebirth successful the Federal Civil Service.

“This is much than an audit oregon information exercise. It is simply a strategical betterment instrumentality designed to assistance the authorities recognize the radical who powerfulness the nationalist service.

“It is astir data, but beyond data, it is astir identity, capability, and nationalist performance,” helium said.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that President Bola Tinubu had earlier directed a broad PASGA crossed the national work to heighten professionalism and effectual work delivery. (NAN)

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