The 18 newly appointed Permanent Secretaries in Anambra State civil service undergoing a two-day capacity building workshop organized for them by the state government.
Declaring the event opened, the Head of Service of Anambra State, Barrister Theodora Igwegbe tasked the Permanent Secretaries on team work with their Commissioners, colleagues and even subordinates, as well as doing things that are in line with the vision and missions of Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s administration.
Igwegbe thanked Governor Soludo for appointing the Permanent Secretaries, state the chosen ones are lucky to have emerged amongst about 37, 000 civil servants in the state.
Speaking on performance management while delivering lecture on “The leader’s roadmap”, Barrister Igwegbe called for ways of incentivizing people to achieve maximum productivity while punishing bad behaviors, adding that monitoring and evaluation are also necessary for achieving improvement in service delivery.
Motivating the participants with the story of how her six years experience as Deputy Clerk of the Anambra State House of Assembly brought her to limelight in the state, Barrister Igwegbe reminded the state workforce that they are paid for their time and skills while in service, even as she charged the Permanent Secretaries to be leaders in their service areas.
Angel Network News (ANN) reports that the workshop has as its theme, “Strategic leadership: Thriving through challenges and opportunities in governance”.
