Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), Folasade Yemi-Esan, has charged civil servants to broaden their horizon through training while in active service.
Yemi-Esan gave the charge on Sunday at an Inter-denominational thanksgiving service at Exousia Church of God, Mabushi, Abuja, to mark the 2024 Civil Service Week.
While attributing the successful celebration of the week to God’s guidance, she advised civil servants to endeavour to train themselves as it is the required key to ascend any position in life.
“We’ve come here this morning to thank God for His presence with us in the civil service and especially for the success of a week-long celebrations.
“We’ve come to cap it up with thanksgiving to God.
“My final words to civil servants is that, just like the theme of the week and what we actually heard this Sunday morning from the Cleric, is that, we cannot stop training ourselves.
“Knowledge, learning are keys for us to ascend to the positions God has for us and also to live up to expectations of Nigerian citizens.
“We must train ourselves with requisite skills, and we can only do this by continuous training and learning, ” the HOS advised.
She said achieving the objectives of upgrading the nation’s civil service sector was the reason behind the introduction of Federal Civil Service Strategy and Implementation Plan (2021 to 2025.), aimed at learning and capacity development of workers.
“We have strategic plans that we are running which has six objectives and one of those objectives is learning and capacity development.
“ So, we have gone all out to ensure that we meet the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) on that objectives and I thank God that we have signs to show for that, ” she said.
Earlier, the Senior Pastor in the Church, Kunle Shoyele, who spoke on the theme, ‘Dominion through knowledge’, tasked civil servants to rededicate themselves to change through consistent learning.
He said that civil servants needed more exposure to wisdom, learning, to obtain more transformation in service.
“Skill is required to execute all human endeavour and as a people, we must daily seek out to gain understanding
“The scripture in Proverbs 4 says; ‘In all you are getting, get wisdom and with it, get understanding.
“Wisdom is the principal thing. So, if you don’t have it, there is nothing else that you can have because that is the foundation to all, “ he said.
He, therefore, encouraged civil servants to be skillful and bring positive development to the nation.
The cleric, observed said the civil service had improved tremendously in the last four years under Yemi-Esan as the HOCSF.
In attendance were the Accountant -General of the Federation, Permanent Secretaries, Directors and stakeholders in public service sector. (NAN)
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