By Our Correspondent
The Kano State Head of Civil Service, Hajiya Bilkisu Shehu Mai Mota, has charged messengers in the state civil service to uphold integrity, punctuality and dedication to duty to improve service delivery.
She gave the charge on Tuesday at the opening of a two-day capacity-building workshop organised by the Office of the Head of the Civil Service in collaboration with Summit Golden Alliance Consulting Ltd.
The workshop, being held at the headquarters of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Audu Bako Secretariat, Kano, is aimed at enhancing the professional knowledge and effectiveness of messengers serving across ministries and government offices in the state.
Mai Mota urged the participants to take advantage of the training and apply the knowledge and skills acquired to improve their performance at their respective workplaces.
She emphasised the importance of integrity, teamwork, punctuality and commitment to duty, describing the values as essential to effective and efficient service delivery in the civil service.
The Head of Service also reminded the participants that messengers form an important part of the government’s administrative structure, noting that every category of worker has a role to play in building a responsive and result-oriented public service.
Also speaking, the Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Head of the Civil Service, Alhaji Sabiu Ibrahim Muhammad, said the state government had continued to organise capacity-building programmes for various categories of civil servants as part of efforts to improve their knowledge, professional skills and performance.
He urged the participants to put the lessons from the training into practice and use them to effectively discharge the responsibilities entrusted to them.
The Chief Executive Officer of Summit Golden Alliance Consulting Ltd., Dr Zakari Uba, said the training was designed to provide participants with additional knowledge and practical skills to enable them perform their duties more effectively.
Uba stressed the importance of integrity and good conduct in the workplace, saying the performance and attitude of individual workers could have an impact on the efficiency of government institutions.
Some of the participants, including Malam Musa Muhammad Hamza of the Office of the Secretary to the State Government and Sani Umar of the Office of the Head of the Civil Service, commended the state government for organising the programme.
They said the training had broadened their knowledge, improved their understanding of workplace conduct and exposed them to new techniques for carrying out their duties.
Two papers were presented on the first day of the workshop.
The first, titled “The Expected Conduct and Responsibilities of a Messenger,” was presented by Malam Magaji Rabiu Garun Danga, while Malam Muhammad Auwal presented the second paper on “Measures for Safeguarding Health and Safety in the Workplace.”
The two-day workshop is expected to equip the participants with practical knowledge and skills to enhance their effectiveness across ministries and government offices in Kano State.
