Lagos State Commissioner for Establishments, Training and Pensions, Mrs. Ajibola Ponle has explained how the entire public service witnessed impressive capacity development despite the restrictions on physically gathering following the outbreak of covid-19 pandemic last year. The Commissioner revealed that over 73,448 Public Servants were trained in Y2020 as against the yearly average of 3,000 trained employees.
Speaking at the ongoing annual Ministerial Press Briefing to commemorate the second year in office of Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu’s administration in Lagos State, the Commissioner disclosed that the Ministry leveraged on several online virtual platforms to embark on training programmes in a successive manner for the State’s employees.
Giving a breakdown on the various training programmes, Ponle said that 73 Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs of government directly benefitted from the training initiatives which was over 30 generics and 17 job specific.
She said “A total of 3101 officers were trained in 2020 across 98 Ministries, Department, Agencies and Parastatals under the virtual training initiative comprising of 52 Grade Level 17 officers, 272 GL 16, 1023 GL 15, 901 GL 14, 901 GL 14 and 851 GL 13.”
The Commissioner also said that the Ministry has commenced the review of the Public Service Rules, PSR, to ensure that conditions of Service are at par with global standards, saying that the State Government has already noted some areas in the PSR in dire need of review and work is also ongoing on the creation of Lagos State Schemes of Service to attract and retain talents that suit the peculiarities of the State as well as accommodate the changing curriculum of Tertiary Institutions.
As a way of encouraging personal growth and development among government employees, Ponle stated that 186 officers were granted admission for various courses at the Federal Training Centre within the period under review.
She also added that Key Performance Indicator, KPI was introduced to the civil service under the present administration in the State, informing that 215 Officers across 20 MDAs have so far been trained successfully on the use of the KPI Framework from when the first phase of the KPI framework Workshop began in February with 6 MDAs up till the second phase which commenced on 12th April with 14 MDAs.
As part of additional innovations introduced to capacity development of public servants in the State, Mrs. Ponle stated that the present administration introduced “EXCO SHARES” initiative as a platform where Executive Council members share their knowledge and expertise with public servants on diverse issues and topics of interest.
According to her, the Exco members that had already engaged the State’s workforce on the Exco Shares platform are: Mr Rabiu Olowu – Commissioner for Finance (IKIGAI – A reason for being), Mrs. Ajibola Ponle – Commissioner for Establishments, Training and Pensions, (Universal Cycles of Change), Mrs. Folashade Adefisayo – Commissioner for Education (Ladder of Inference), Mr. Tunbosun Alake – Special Adviser, Innovation (Values & National Development) and Mrs. Bolaji Dada Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, WAPA (Lessons from Ants).
“We also introduced Executive training, the Training was organized for MDs, GMs, DGs and ES of the State Parastatals and Agencies. It was a 10-day programme with focus on concept of leadership and strategic communication,” the Commissioner averred.
On the Structured Training Programme, STP, Ponle also reported that 3,755 (Three Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty-Five) Public Servants in 2020 participated in the STP, while in 2021 the STP was organised in collaboration with Public Service Staff Development Centre for 5,238 (Five Thousand Two Hundred and Thirty-Eight) eligible Officers.
Speaking on the relationship between the State Government and the various unions in the State, the Commissioner said that the Ministry few days ago, organized a training workshop for Labour Leaders on “Strengthening Trade, Union Leadership, Mitigating the movement’s succession challenges and Fostering Sustainable Industrial Harmony for a More Prosperous Lagos State”
“In fulfilment of the pledge made during the Y2021 May Day Celebrations of workers, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu last Friday presented official vehicles to the NLC and TUC chairmen to assist them in running the unions.”
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Lagos State Commissioner for Establishments, Training and Pensions, Mrs. Ajibola Ponle has explained how the entire public service witnessed impressive capacity development despite the restrictions on physically gathering following the outbreak of covid-19 pandemic last year. The Commissioner revealed that over 73,448 Public Servants were trained in Y2020 as against the yearly average of 3,000 trained employees.
Speaking at the ongoing annual Ministerial Press Briefing to commemorate the second year in office of Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu’s administration in Lagos State, the Commissioner disclosed that the Ministry leveraged on several online virtual platforms to embark on training programmes in a successive manner for the State’s employees.
Giving a breakdown on the various training programmes, Ponle said that 73 Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs of government directly benefitted from the training initiatives which was over 30 generics and 17 job specific.
She said “A total of 3101 officers were trained in 2020 across 98 Ministries, Department, Agencies and Parastatals under the virtual training initiative comprising of 52 Grade Level 17 officers, 272 GL 16, 1023 GL 15, 901 GL 14, 901 GL 14 and 851 GL 13.”
The Commissioner also said that the Ministry has commenced the review of the Public Service Rules, PSR, to ensure that conditions of Service are at par with global standards, saying that the State Government has already noted some areas in the PSR in dire need of review and work is also ongoing on the creation of Lagos State Schemes of Service to attract and retain talents that suit the peculiarities of the State as well as accommodate the changing curriculum of Tertiary Institutions.
As a way of encouraging personal growth and development among government employees, Ponle stated that 186 officers were granted admission for various courses at the Federal Training Centre within the period under review.
She also added that Key Performance Indicator, KPI was introduced to the civil service under the present administration in the State, informing that 215 Officers across 20 MDAs have so far been trained successfully on the use of the KPI Framework from when the first phase of the KPI framework Workshop began in February with 6 MDAs up till the second phase which commenced on 12th April with 14 MDAs.
As part of additional innovations introduced to capacity development of public servants in the State, Mrs. Ponle stated that the present administration introduced “EXCO SHARES” initiative as a platform where Executive Council members share their knowledge and expertise with public servants on diverse issues and topics of interest.
According to her, the Exco members that had already engaged the State’s workforce on the Exco Shares platform are: Mr Rabiu Olowu – Commissioner for Finance (IKIGAI – A reason for being), Mrs. Ajibola Ponle – Commissioner for Establishments, Training and Pensions, (Universal Cycles of Change), Mrs. Folashade Adefisayo – Commissioner for Education (Ladder of Inference), Mr. Tunbosun Alake – Special Adviser, Innovation (Values & National Development) and Mrs. Bolaji Dada Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, WAPA (Lessons from Ants).
“We also introduced Executive training, the Training was organized for MDs, GMs, DGs and ES of the State Parastatals and Agencies. It was a 10-day programme with focus on concept of leadership and strategic communication,” the Commissioner averred.
On the Structured Training Programme, STP, Ponle also reported that 3,755 (Three Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty-Five) Public Servants in 2020 participated in the STP, while in 2021 the STP was organised in collaboration with Public Service Staff Development Centre for 5,238 (Five Thousand Two Hundred and Thirty-Eight) eligible Officers.
Speaking on the relationship between the State Government and the various unions in the State, the Commissioner said that the Ministry few days ago, organized a training workshop for Labour Leaders on “Strengthening Trade, Union Leadership, Mitigating the movement’s succession challenges and Fostering Sustainable Industrial Harmony for a More Prosperous Lagos State”
“In fulfilment of the pledge made during the Y2021 May Day Celebrations of workers, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu last Friday presented official vehicles to the NLC and TUC chairmen to assist them in running the unions.”
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