May Day: Kano Gov-Elect Pledges Civil Service Reform
POLITICS DIGEST- The Kano State Governor-elect, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf, has congratulated workers of both public and private sectors in the State on the occasion of Workers’ Day 2023.
Abba Gida Gida who resigned from the state civil service over a decade ago served for more than 20 years in various capacities across the state’s water sector.
In a press statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa the Kano state governor-elect noted that workers are the key to delivering good governance under any democratic dispensation, and that as such, they deserve to be commended for thier sacrifice to humanity.
He extolled the tenacious and audacious virtues of workers in the state civil service and private sectors despite diminishing purchasing powers to maintain high standards of service delivery and productivity amid global economic hardship.
He assured the state civil servants of Improved welfare including prompt payment of salaries and pension by the incoming administration of the NNPP.
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The former Kano commissioner for works noted that the leadership of the incoming government is quite aware of the problems facing the State civil servants, including unfavourable working conditions and inadequate manpower which have been noted for redress.
He vowed that his government will be committed to reforming the civil service as part of the efforts towards strengthening the system for effective and efficient service delivery.
“As contained in our blueprint, we will establish Training Institute for the civil servants to be up to date with the global best practices.”
On what he described as the ‘current job racketeering and nepotism in staff recruitment’ which he said the outgoing government is recklessly conducting, the Governor-elect said his administration will revisit all the wrong doings and ensure a credible recruitment process is put in place for all citizens with the required qualifications to compete.
“We shall not allow the civil service to be misguided by corruption and nepotism, we must check the job racketeering in Kano state as a priority to restore the lost glory of the service,” he said.
