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METP ORGANISES TWO DAYS STRATEGIC RETREAT

BY MILES OLU

The Ministry of Establishment, Training and Pension of Lagos State Government has pleasantly and successfully organised two days strategic retreat at the Kano Hall, NECA House, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos with the theme: Greater Lagos: Dream Achieve IT, TOGETHER.

Speaking to the participants the Hon. Commissioner, Ministry of Establishment, Training and Pension, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos Mrs. Ajibola Ponnle said that experience is the best teacher, but, she avers that sometimes this experience does not come into play because according to her every initiative should be taken with new eyes and finally that participants should not lose focus on the on the vision and mission of the Ministry of Establishment, Training and Pension.

Speaking again she said that all the participants should possess the qualities of humility, transparency, purpose driven, punctuality, loyalty, humbleness, and finally sees all assignments very important to be handled with utmost determination and dedication so that at the end no one loses focus. Speaking again she said nobody is useless in life, and that the participants should believe that everything is possible adding that the mind is very powerful tools in the affairs of human beings.

She said that one Dr. Rogers set a record in 1954 of running a marathon race less than four minutes, but, again, she said that record had been broken by several persons and she avers that nothing is impossible except if the participants are not focussed to achieve the set out targets of the ministry for the transformation of Greater Lagos of the 15^th executive governor of Lagos State Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo – Olu. She rounded off her interesting presentation by letting all the participants to be in the know that all of them are parts of the noble plans of changing Lagos as they all are change agents of goodnesses adding that vision, speaking with one voice and rendering mutual accountability would be their watch words and mantra of executing the theme Greater Lagos: Dream, Achieve It Together. Speaking to the participants, the lead facilitator, Director Pendaxia Limited, a Strategy Execution and Organisation Performance Gbenga Owolabi did a group presentation of the Lagos State Government with the T.  H.  E.  M.  E.  S as:

T – Traffic Management and Transportation

H – Health and Environment

E – Education and Technology

M – Making Lagos a 21^st century Economy

E – Entertainment and Tourism

S – Security and Governance adding that the focus area of M E T P are

T – Transformation

A – Attract

L – Leading others

E – Employment

N – Nurture

T – Thrive.

Speaking further to the participants Owolabi said that executive, governor of Lagos State Sanwo – Olu wishes to see Lagos State to be one of the top five African cities of choice to invest, live, work, play and a tourist destination. Owolabi told the participants the mission of the Lagos State government is building together a greater Lagos anchored on inclusiveness, shared vision and prosperity investment in the people of safe environment and finally economic friendly.

Speaking as the guest speaker the Ag. Chief Executive Officer and Registrar of Chartered Institute Personnel Management (CIPM) Dr. Layi Oladapo did not disappoint the participants with his presentation on the overview of the office of Head Civil Service (OHCES) Civil Service Transformation plan of 2017 – 2020 whereby he said that they are working out modules where right pegs are put in the right holes. 

He said that there has to be reward system for workers to be motivated to perform optimally. He cited example of nations that are doing well with their civil services conditions of good work for instance Malaysia, Kenya, Zambia and Singapore and again he submitted that there is a need to create a pipeline for federal civil service adding that there has to be culture of accountability as innovation is very critical in the 21^st century. He told the participants that government is the highest business anywhere across the globe as the president of the United States of America, Mr. Donald Thrump did leave his private business to run for the U.S Presidency in the white House.

He finally touched down that there has to be key milestone achievement for office of Head of Civil Service in the transformation journey to bringing greater rewards and motivations for civil servants. Speaking to the participants at the two days METP Strategic Retreat Director General, Office of Transformation and Creativity, Lagos state Toba Otusanya said that there has to be E – governance, Digitalisation, Service chapter, Human Resources Professionalism, Citizen gate Portal, Service automation and Growth mind set adding that they promote professionalism as in the service itself and the environment he said service is delivered to the customers. Speaking again Otusanya said that 14 general hospitals have been chattered in Lagos State as well as creating Lagos state government citizen gate portal which is an electronic portal that allows the citizens to communicate with the government whenever the need arises. The DG Otusanya did not disappoint the participants with his presentation where he touched on Customer Care Management (CCM) benefits to citizen, Ease of Doing Business (EODB) registering of property whereby certificate of occupancy applications had been reduced from 77 days to 61 days.

He concluded by saying that the public service is one of the oldest in the world, its traditional bureaucratic and hierarchical in nature, therefore winning strategies (other) known as public service reforms are required from time to time to align it with present day realities for transformation and improved delivery. Speaking with media the Director General of Training and Pension in the Ministry of Establishment Training and Pension Mrs. Folashade Onanuga said that government is all about services to the citizenry adding that the executive governor Sanwo - Olu has mapped out workable programmes that would actually make the Greater Lagos dreams do largely become a reality and achievable. She said that the 100 days of the governor in the office has apparently shown that the governor has really come to improve on the templates of Lagos State master plan of making Lagos a five top city in whole of Africa.