In a statement signed by the Director of Communications, Mohammed Ahmed, on Wednesday, she said, “Only substantive Directors are considered eligible for admission, while the bar is being lowered for Public Servants, especially the Military and Paramilitary with a meagre seven slot offered the service, annually.”
She also called for a comparative analysis of posts in the federal civil service vis-a-vis those of the public service with a view to correcting the anomaly, adding that the data is readily accessible.
The statement noted that the head of the service made the call when the Director General of NIPSS, Prof. Ayo Omotayo, together with the institute’s management staff paid her a courtesy visit in Abuja.
Yemi-Esan, however, commended NIPSS for re-tooling personnel in government through the conduct of courses for middle and top-level officers with the understanding and application of modern policy formulation and strategic management skills to problem-solving in the pursuit of national developmental goals.
She noted that a collaboration between the National Institute and the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation would make for a better understanding of government policies and their effectiveness in moving the country forward.
She acknowledged the quality of work put in by the institute, buttressing it with the fact that in the last three years, a substantial number of the present crop of Transformative Federal Permanent Secretaries were products of NIPSS.
On his part, the NIPSS DG, Ayo Omotayo, charged civil servants being the think-tank of the government to ensure policies are well articulated and executed to the latter.
He also assured that NIPSS will continue to develop mechanisms toward ensuring that government policies are properly executed.
