By Jeffrey Ahonmisi
The Chairman, Federal Civil Service Commission, Professor Tunji Olaopa, has admonished public servants not to see training opportunities as a jamboree, but as avenues to build capacity and improve their organisations’ productivity.
Professor Olaopa stated this while delivering a lecture at the 2025 Public Service Week, titled “Institutional Reforms for Inclusive and Responsive Public Service,” organised by the National Forum of Heads of Federal Government Establishments (NAFOHEADS), Oyo State Chapter, at the Federal Secretariat, Ikolaba, Ibadan.
Represented by the Permanent Secretary, Oyo State Ministry of Establishment and Training, Mr. Hameed Bello, Professor Olaopa noted that the public service would only become efficient when recipients of training programmes were held accountable by their organisations to demonstrate areas where their capacities have been enhanced.
Professor Olaopa also charged public servants not to depend solely on training sponsored by their organisations, but to pursue self-sponsored capacity development to remain relevant and justify the salaries they receive.
He further urged government at all levels to adequately fund the training of public servants, describing them as the catalysts that drive the wheel of every administration.
In his welcome address, the Chairman, NAFOHEADS, Oyo State Chapter, Dr. Stephen Adewuni, appreciated members for their support and appealed to Governor Seyi Makinde to assist in the provision of a bus to convey workers to and from their various homes at subsidised rates.
Dr. Adewuni also appealed to heads of federal establishments in the state to participate actively in NAFOHEADS activities to maintain a vibrant and robust forum.
Among the participants was the Deputy Director, Programmes, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria ,FRCN, Ibadan, Reverend Niyi Dahunsi, who commended the forum for sustaining the annual engagement for public servants.
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