Acting Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, Thursday, charged Federal Permanent Secretaries, Director Generals and Chief Executives of government agencies and parastatals as well as heads of nation’s tertiary institutions to make discipline their watchword in the management of public funds.
Dr. Yemi-Esan who gave the charge yesterday at a one-day Public Service Innovation Conference, organized for top public officers said the conference was conceived following the end of a two-day intensive training on radical innovation on Wednesday.
In a keynote address presented to a capacity-filled auditorium at the National Universities Commission, NUC; the acting Head of the Civil Service urged government officials to begin the process of ensuring efficiency by cutting unnecessary cost in line with the policy direction of President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.