Lifestyle

Workers Key to Reform Success — HOS

By Web News 229

By Olusegun Folarin 

The Ogun State Head of Service, Mr. Kehinde Onasanya, has urged civil and public servants in the state to fully embrace the ongoing reforms of the present administration, aimed at repositioning Ogun State as Nigeria’s preferred investment destination.

Mr. Onasanya made the call while speaking with journalists in his office at Oke-Mosan during the first working week of the year

The HOS described civil servants as the engine room of government and urged them to remain dedicated to the effective implementation of the administration’s cardinal programmes, as outlined in the I.S.E.Y.A. development Agenda.

He expressed gratitude to the workforce and the people of the state for their cooperation, while assuring them of government’s continued commitment to inclusive development, social amenities, and improved welfare services.

Mr. Onasanya urged workers to sustain excellence and uphold the values laid by the founding fathers of the service, while thanking the governor for approving continuous capacity-building programmes to enhance efficient service delivery.

Some workers, including Mr. Lateef Shittu from the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mrs. Stella Olasode of the Ministry of Community Development and Cooperatives, and Mrs. Kabirat Obadimu from the Bureau of Service Matters, appreciated the governor for the End-of-Year bonus and other welfare packages in 2025. 

They pledged their renewed commitment and dedication to duty in the New Year.

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Economy

56 Independent Monitors Engaged For FG’s Social Intervention Programmes in Ogun

By Web News 714

A total of 56 trained independent monitors have received letters of engagement and tablets to monitor the Federal Government Social Investment Programme in Ogun State for the next one year.

Presenting the items in Abeokuta, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq explained that the Independent Monitors were selected to ensure that the objectives of the various intervention programmes of the Federal government were achieved.

Hajiya Farouq who was represented by the Assistant Director, Planning, Research and Statistics, Hajiya Jumai Abdu Ali, urged the independent monitors to discharge their responsibilities with utmost sense of patriotism, diligence and sincerity.

In a message to the occasion, Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State said the social welfare programmes had impacted positively on the lives of the vulnerable in the state and urged the independent monitors to remain committed and ensure accurate data collation.

Earlier, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mr. Kehinde Onasanya, had reaffirmed the commitment of the present administration to continue to partner the Federal Government in the Social Intervention Programmes towards the successful implementation of the “Building our Future Together” agenda.

Olusegun Folarin