By Chuks Oyema-Aziken
Directors in the Federal Ministry of Environment have signed a Performance contract to boost service delivery.
Head, Press and Public of the ministry Ibrahim Haruna disclosed this in a press release on Wednesday.
He said the signing of the contract was conducted by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry Environment, Mahmud Adam Kambari after sensitization and training of the nominated staff as Performance Management Champions as for runners for the Performance Management System (PMS) implementation and the Performance Management Team (PMT).
He said “The performance contract is in line with the mandate and directive of the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, (OHCSF), aimed at bringing out the best in the Civil Service by ensuring that every officer have a schedule and is contributing effectively to the actualisation of the ministry’s mandate and economic growth of the country.
“The contract signing with the Directors of the Ministry took place at the ministry’s headquarters, Mabushi Abuja, and this will be cascaded in each department aimed at getting the best from the workforce.
“Kambari, in his remarks at the signing ceremony, stressed that the Performance Management System (PMS) would provide avenue for measuring the performance of the staff on the job and provide mentorship of officers to deliver on their duties effectively.
“The Performance Management System is to bring out the best in every officer in service, in no distant time this will replace the Aper Form where officers score themselves arbitrary” he said.
Speaking further, he said “The process will ensure that every officer is contributing effectively and will strive to be efficient in the attainment of all set priorities such as; Financial Priorities, Ministerial Priorities, and the Service-Wide Dimensions.
“In addition to improving service delivery, officers will be rated on the job done, and rated high for promotions and assigned higher responsibilities, thereby improving productivity in service, he added.
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“The Permanent Secretary also advised that Departments and Units should set achievable targets in their performance contracts and endeavour to realise it, promising to provide conducive environment for the realisations of the blueprints for action in a transparent manner for effective service delivery.
“The Director, Planning, Research and Statistics, Malam Stanley Jonah in his remark stated that the signing of the performance contract is a significant milestone in the ministry’s efforts in aligning to the HoS directives to upscale service delivery and economic growth in the country.
“It would be recalled that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR also signed Performance Contract with his Cabinet Ministers that would assist in achieving Presidential Mandate of various Ministries of his administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda.”
