‘Award will boost public morale’

Our Reporter

The Public Office Holders Association of Nigeria (POHAN) has begun an annual award programme to encourage healthy competition and boost career prospects for public office holders.

POHAN National Coordinator Chief Moses Eseyin, in a statement yesterday, said the POHAN National Public Service Awards and Summits, for which nominations opened on March 20, ‘is to promote and reward innovation and excellence in public service, in support of the realisation of government’s agenda for effective service delivery’.

Eseyin, who is the immediate past Special Adviser on Youth Empowerment, Sports and Students’ Affairs to Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, said the POHAN is the mouthpiece for public servants and political office holders in Nigeria, both past and present.

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He also described it as a non-partisan organisation that strives for a more effective government for the Nigerian people.

Eseyin said: “POHAN rewards the creative achievements and contributions of public service institutions that lead to a more effective and responsive public administration in Nigeria.

Through an annual competition, the POHAN National Public Service Awards and Summits promote the role, professionalism and visibility of the public service, before the Nigerian people.”

The POHAN award programme could hold sometime in October.