Gov. Obaseki commences reforms in state civil service, launches SIFIMS

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo has said that having a straightforward and responsible common administration was important to drive great administration in the state.

Obaseki expressed this while inaugurating the State Integrated Financial Information Management System (SIFIMS) in Benin on Friday.

He said his organization was executing SIFIMS to realize changes in people in general administration.

“Today is a significant day for us as a state as we have decided to launch our public service into a new era.

“This would not have happened if not for my predecessor, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, who saw the need for a technology driven society.

“Nigeria ‘worked’ before the civil war era because the civil service worked and the civil service worked because the right processes were put in place.

“We have decided to re-enact a process that will get government to work in the state,’’ he said.

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Obaseki said the new procedure, which will be driven through technology, would checkmate waste and clashes in the state common administration.

He said it would likewise advance better planning and acquirement forms and in addition a superior administration of the state’s restricted assets.

The senator reprimanded the government employees on the morals of their occupation asked them to enter into the new procedure, possess it and make it work.

“We have completed the process of acquiring 1000 computers for the sector. We want to ensure the provision of notebook pads for level 15 officers and above.

‘’We want to complete the Block C section of the state secretariat, provide wireless internet services in public offices and rebuild the ICT training centre in the state,” he said.

The Accountant General of the state, Mr Isaac Ehiozuwa, said plans had been finished to kick begin the new procedure in Edo.

Ehiozuwa said the heads of administrations, back and accounts, changeless secretaries and other key players in the state’s respectful administration, had been properly prepared to enter into the procedure.