Governor ’Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has assured that his administration will not marginalise anyone in the civil and public service.
The governor gave the assurance at 2021 Productivity and Merit Award ceremony held at Emeritus Professor Theophilus Ogunlesi Hall, University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan.
He also said that his administration would do what is right and just for the people of the state till the end of its tenure.
He waved off the insinuation making the rounds that the state Government was marginalising some indigenes, saying: “We are not marginalising anybody in the state. We will be fair and just to everybody.”
He pointed out that people usually work harder and discharge their duties diligently when rewarded for good work, noting that the awards being given were based on merit.
He said: “This is the Oyo State of our dream, where you will get what you are entitled to without lobbying, irrespective of your level, as not everybody can get award.”
The governor commended the Planning Committee for the crop of staff selected for the award.
He added that the government would always play its part in making things better, “as our administration will ensure that civil/public servants are rewarded for the work they do.
“We have method for salary/pension payment. When we notice any gap, we move to fill the gap. We are trying to modernise civil/public service in Oyo State. Modernisation will not stop at the governor’s office; it will go round the Secretariat and the local government headquarters.”
In her remarks, the State Head of Service, Mrs Ololade Agboola enjoined the civil/public servants to support the current administration to achieve its aims for accelerated development of the state.
She spoke further that the government had done so much for civil servants in the history of the state.
She appreciated State Planning Committee for the Year 2021 Oyo State Productivity and Merit Award led by their Chairman and Permanent Secretary, Cabinet and Special Services, Mrs Olubunmi Oni, for putting in their best to ensure that the programme was well organised.
With Prof. Tunji Olaopa as the Chairman, a Productivity Day Lecture entitled: “The Bureaucrat, Partisan Politics and Professionalism: Issues, Challenges and Strategies of Reclaiming the Fading Boundary” was delivered by Professor Fatai Ayinde Aremu.
He advised civil/public servants to stay away from partisan politics in order to have service devoid of political coloration.
