NIGERIA
The Nigerian Federal Public Service and the activist group Africa Initiative for Governance (AIG) have embarked on a joint campaign to mobilise private sector leaders and organisations in an effort to improve Public Service delivery.
Head of the Federal Civil Service, Winifred Oyo-Ita said the aim was to “evolve the Nigerian Civil Service into a high-performing entity with improved delivery to Nigerians”.
She said that apart from “immeasurable benefits to the lives and welfare of Nigerians and to the Nigerian business ecosystem”, the specific gains expected from the successful implementation of the plan included savings of NGN60 billion (A$22 million) to NGN123 billion (A$46 million).
This would come from digitisation and automation, cultivation of future world-class Public Service leaders and training of more than 25,000 PS employees.
Ms Oyo-Ita said she hoped leaders from the private sector would “infuse entrepreneurial thinking, skills, accountability and resources into the project, thereby promoting and ensuring its success”.
Founder and Chair of the AIG, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede said the innovative approach to reform, in which proven business leaders and organisations stepped forward to selflessly support governments towards the delivery of public services in a transformational manner, was gaining attraction globally.
“The impact of a high-performing Public Service on the lives of Nigerians and on the performance of our economy would be incalculable,” Mr Aig-Imoukhuede said.
The AIG was formed in 2012 with the aim of transforming public sectors throughout Africa.
It is based in Nigeria.
Abuja, 4 May 2018
