The Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, has inaugurated the Abia State Civil Service Reform Committee with a charge to identify and review the anomalies in the state civil service.
Otti, while speaking on Tuesday during the event at the Government House, Umuahia, urged the committee to discharge its duty credibly to enable the government achieve its goal of building a civil service that would be efficient, dedicated and performance-driven.
The governor, who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Kenneth Kalu, directed the committee to work closely with the Office of the Head of Service to get relevant information for easy execution of their assignment.
Consequently, he described the civil service as a critical machinery of governance, noting that the civil service played a vital role in the execution of government’s policies and objectives.
Otti said that the terms of Reference given to the committee is “to review the current civil service structure with a view to improving the efficiency of the civil service, to review the process of appointment, promotion, and dismissal and to make appropriate recommendations,
“To review the command promotions done from 2007 to date and to make appropriate recommendations, to recommend how to improve attendance and general discipline in the service.
“To examine how to address the issues concerning pensioners and to undertake every other review with a view to making recommendations on how to improve general efficiency.”
Responding, the Chairman of the Committee, Dr. Chibueze Ukaegbu, said that the committee would discharge its duty without fear or favor.
Ukaegbu affirms that the committee would perform its assignment with diligence as well as produce findings in phases to enable it to be thorough in performing the task given to it.
Similarly, the acting Head of Service, Joy Maduka, thanked the state government for giving them the opportunity to serve the people of Abia.
Maduka promised to work assiduously to ensure that the objective for setting up the committee would be achieved.
The members of the committee include: Mr Ikechukwu Uwanna, Mr Emmanuel Oriaku, Mr Chinedu Ekeke, Rev’d Fr Christian Anokwuru, Mrs Njum Onyemenam, Mr Mathew Ekwuribe, Dr Sylvester Ibeneme and Chief Ogbonna Izima.(NAN)
