Dickson: No going back on civil service reforms

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Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson yesterday reiterated that his administration would not allow the civil service to crumble under his watch, even as he insisted that the current restructuring in the state civil service had come to stay for good.

The governor, who stated this in an interactive session with political appointees at the DSP Alamieyeseigha Memorial Banquet Hall in Yenagoa, the state capital, noted that despite calculated attempts through blackmail and propaganda, his administration would not be dissuaded from implementing the ongoing civil service reforms.

While urging political appointees in the state to do more in sensitising the people on government’s policies and programmes, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Francis Ottah Agbo, in a statement said the governor assured them that the reforms were initiated in the overall interest of the state and its people.

It reads: As instruments of policy delivery, I expect you to translate the policy into action from the state to the local government level,” he stressed, even as the governor lamented what he described as the high level of involvement of civil servants in payroll manipulation, grade level racketeering and other sharp practices inherent in the system.

“No effort would be spared in wiping out ghost workers syndrome in the state,” Dickson said, even as he called on those, who are politicising the reforms to have a rethink, stressing that no other political party could win election in the state other than the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).” On the recent disturbances in the Amassoma community of the state, the governor promised that all those who were involved in the looting and vandalization of the property belonging to the Niger Delta University would be brought to book in due course.

It went on:”The preliminary report that I have received is appalling and my duty is to do what is right. We have a big strong family. And like a play, you play your part and take your exit. As the captain of the restoration boat and with you as passengers, I call for more support.

“The journey has been very turbulent. My re-election will go down in history as one of the toughest elections ever held in Nigeria. In spite of their federal might, we showed them local might because we have the capacity to defeat them squarely.”

On his achievements, Dickson hinted that he was proud and satisfied with the level of his achievements in the past six and half years, noting that by August, this year, the airport project would be completed. He further said that the restoration government had left indelible footprints in the area of infrastructural development in the state, particularly in the areas of security, education, health sector development, as well as the construction of roads in the three senatorial districts, among others.

 


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