The Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita, has urged the Project Management Teams (PMTs) implementing the 2017-2020 Federal Civil Service Strategy and Implementation Plan (FCSSIP) to save up to N120bn by the year 2020.
She gave the charge in Abuja at the meeting of the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF) with Multi-Lateral/ Development Partners on Implementation of the 2017-2020 FCSSIP.
The Federal Government had in February 2017 inaugurated the strategic to re-position the Federal Public Service for improved service delivery.
“It is apparent that that the PMTs are confronted with onerous task in terms of delivering the project’s set goals and objectives, I want to emphasize that they are expected to deliver the following outcomes by the year 2020.”
“N60bn to N120bn should be saved from cleaning the Human Resources data on Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS), N2.5bn should also be saved for digitizing content like memos, personnel records among others. 25,000 civil servants should be trained through revamped core modules, 200 future leaders should be cultivated through the Leadership Enhancement and Development Programme (LEAD-P) among others,” Oyo-Ita said.
The strategic plan’s eight priority areas are, Re-design and Re-Launch three core training modules; launch Strategic Sourcing of Identified Skills; Institutionalize Performance Management and Launch a Salary Review and Drive Innovation in service.
Others are Accelerate Roll-Out of Human Resource Module of Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS); Launch of Efficient Productive Incorruptible Citizen Centered (EPIC) culture Transformation and Establish and Enterprise Content Management Solution.
Speaking earlier, the Permanent Secretary, Career Management Office (CMO) OHCSF, Mr Suleiman Mustapha, said that, the meeting was to enable PMTs interact with the partners and identify areas of intervention to ensure successful implementation of the plan.
Mustapha said that the PMTs have developed their various implementation plans and were ready to commence execution of the plans.
Also, a delegate from the European Union (EU), Prof. Olaseni Bello, noted that the strategic plan was an ambitious one but with hard work it could be achieved.
He assured the OHCSF of the EU’s support in implementing the plan for enhanced service delivery.
