Tough times await civil servants in the country with the performance management process put in place as the Federal Government has vowed to sanction any worker discovered to be incompetent in the civil service. The government said it would no longer be business as usual for unproductive civil servants.
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN) stated this at the 2022 Ministerial Service Award Programme for the labour sector in Abuja.
According to him: “This is an opportunity to inform you all that enhanced performance for productivity must be encouraged and so this platform is to celebrate and recognize excellence in service delivery by some carefully selected officers of the Ministry.
“With the performance Management process in place, it will not be business as usual for unproductive civil servants.
“There are sanctions for incompetence. The Ministry will provide the enabling environment for competitive performance in rendering quality services, thereby staff aspiring to put in their best in the discharge of their duties, will be encouraged.”
He said productivity was a result of commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and consistent effort to achieve result.
The minister said: “Institutionalisng PMS means adopting a performance driven culture in public processes to enhance the efficiency. Effectiveness and accountability of the public sector MDAS performance goals and targets must align with organizational and national development goals, while clear performance metrics must be established Performance management appraisal will be used for monitoring regular feedback and to develop rewarding system.
“It is heart-warming that our Ministry is recognizing the outstanding performance of officers who have tirelessly worked to help the Ministry achieve its mandate in the course of the year.
“Quite a number of these staff have been able to discharge their duties under an unfriendly and challenging environment yet these officers demonstrated zeal and passion in attending to their schedules.”