From Victor Akinkuolie, Ado-Ekiti
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The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi has promised more trainings and seminars for civil servants in the state in a bid to enhance their performance and efficiency.
Dr Fayemi also vowed to rescue the civil service from the level of decadence experienced under the immediate past government of Mr. Ayodele Fayose.
The Governor represented by his deputy, Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi, made the promise while unveilling the special edition of Fountain Bureacrat Magazine, held at the Conference Hall, Governor’s Office Ado-Ekiti.
While describing the civil service as the engine room of governance, which deserves to be treated with respect and much dignity, however lamented how they were made to suffer in dignity and ridiculed of high magnitude in the last few years in the state.
Fayemi disclosed that the core values of civil service went into extinction in recent past years with deprivation of a conducive and work friendly environment.
Fayemi said: “We are all living witnesses to the level of decadence that the service sunk during the recent inglorious past.
“An average civil servant was demoralized and disoriented with the inclement and unfair environment of operation.
“Civil servants were not only denied of deserved welfare packages, they were arrogantly deprived of tools of service.
“In many instances, they were made to suffer indignity and ridicule of high magnitude.
“For whatever it takes, public servants do not deserve these inhuman treatments and never again will such indignity be allowed to befall Ekitis public service.”
Dr Fayemi maintained that the template to restoring the core values of the civil service has been entrenched in the four pillars of his administration.
The governor expressed confidence that the content of the publication would complement government’s vision of a mobile, creative, innovative and cerebral public service.
Fayemi assured that the state government would continue to support the publication and ensure that it was well positioned to be a journal of note across the states in the federation.
