Boss-Gida-Mustapha SGF
BPSR Commends
Boss-Gida-Mustapha SGF
BPSR Commends SGF over Assistance to NASC
The Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation
has been commended for approving the constitution of a technical
Committee to assist the National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC)
implement the recommendations of the report of Self-Assessment Tool
(SAT) deployed at the Council by the Bureau of Public Service
Reforms (BPSR) in 2018.
The commendation was given recently by the Director-General,
Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) Mr. D. I. Arabi at the
maiden stakeholders Technical Working Committee meeting on the
implementation of the recommendations, in Abuja.
Mr. D. I. Arabi stated that the constitution of the Technical
Working Committee had become necessary to fast-track the
implementation of the report on Self-Assessment Tool deployed at
the Council by the Bureau, in collaboration with DFID-PERL, noting
that the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the
Federation anxiously awaited the outcome of the Committee’s
work.
Speaking earlier, Chioma Itodo of DFID, commended the
Director-General, BPSR for promoting inter-agency collaboration as
it had helped government agencies achieve tangible results in the
quality of service delivered to the citizens and advised NASC to
certify every seed for authentication before usage.
Speaking, the Director, Human Resources Management, National
Agricultural Seed Council, Dr. Salisu Ahmad thanked the
Director-General and other stakeholders for their commitment and
resilience towards the Council’s implementation of the
Self-Assessment Tool and thanked the Director-General, BPSR for the
inter-agency collaboration noting that the collaboration was
necessary to the implementation of government policies and
programmes.
Responding to requests by the Council for the deployment of ICT
infrastructure in the Council, Akintayo Ayodele-Bamisaye of Galaxy
Backbone stated that it was imperative for their on-site Needs
Assessment visit to the Council to ascertain the level of
intervention necessary in the Council.
On the NASC’s Housing Policy, the DG, BPSR advised the NASC
Management to key-in to the Federal Government FISH Housing Policy
being managed by OHCSF or other housing schemes being implemented
by the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing.
Signed.
Aliyu Umar A.
Ag. Head, Strategic Communication