By Austin Ogwuda
SERVICOM initiative has been reawakened across Ministries, Departments, Agencies and local government areas in Delta State to ensure quality service delivery, says Olisa Ifeajika.
Ifeajika, who is the Executive Assistant to the Governor on Public Enlightenment (Projects and Policies) stated this while addressing a news conference in Asaba.
He acknowledged the fact that SERVICOM had been around over the years but failed to make the necessary impact in ensuring quality service delivery.
But he said the narrative has changed with the new ‘Sheriff’ (Governor Sheriff Oborevwori) in the saddle.
Ifeajika who was Chief Press Secretary to immediate past Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa made it clear that workers in the Delta State had been adequately motivated to ensure that they provided optimum service while discharging their responsibilities.
His words, “The new thing is that public service is the blood of government, the brain box. When you have an undisciplined and irresponsible public service, the government of the day is doomed, but that is not the case in Delta.
“Beyond providing infrastructure for the people, there is the need to keep a disciplined public service that will drive service delivery across all MDAs and the local governments.
“SERVICOM was established by the Federal Government in 2004 to render services as it should be in all of its agencies to every Nigerian.
It was domesticated in Delta in 2009 during the administration of Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan via a document signed by him on March 2, 2009.
“As Deltans, you have a right to be served right by government. Public service drives the process of governance.
I have come to tell us that aside from providing infrastructure, our dear Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has directed that all public servants must imbibe the culture of SERVICOM.
“SERVICOM in Delta”, he continued, “is domiciled in the Office of the Senior Policy Adviser to the Governor, Rt. Hon. Funkekeme Solomon, and so far, they have visited 55 MDAs out of 107 and 25 local government councils slated for sensitization on the focus of government.
“There is a ‘new Sheriff in town’ and the culture of irresponsible attitude to work is gone. When Government is providing services like road infrastructure, the public service must be ready to play its role effectively.
“SERVICOM is now an integral component of governance; every Deltan has a right to be served properly and all MDAs have been told to establish SERVICOM units to ensure compliance in line with the MORE agenda of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori”, he added.
Source: Cshowcase news