SAN FRANCISCO, April 02, (THEWILL) – The Head of Service, HoS, of the federation, Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita, has clarified that the federal government has no plans to sack civil servants despite the recession in the country.
Disclosing that the Buhari administration cares about the plight of Nigerians and as such has no intention to retrench civil servants, she explained that the government was only getting rid of the ghost workers on its payroll.
Oyo-Ita said, ‘‘Yes, there is an economic recession now but definitely retrenchment is out of it. The administration of President Buhari is a government that has human face. The solution is not throwing more people into the street.
‘‘The solution is to look inward and see how we can provide a more efficient and cost effective way of carrying out government business.”
She disclosed that one of the plans of her office is to seek innovative ways to generate revenue to boost its ability to fund programmes instead of relying on annual appropriations.
The HoS continued, ‘‘That is why goal number three of the Office of the Head of Service 2016/17 Strategy Plan is the establishment of Enterprise Development and Commercialisation Orientation.For example, in an office like the Head of Service, we are involved in a lot of capacity development activities especially our agencies.
“So, we are saying, why don’t we reach out and do more trainings for the public which can generate some revenue for government?” she asked.
Oyo-Ita pointed out that the Ministry of Finance was working out modalities to pay the N293 billion salaries arrears and allowances being owed civil servants.
