Nigeria’s Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has revealed that the Buhari administration has resolved to sanction any worker discovered to be ‘unproductive’ and not delivering any value to the country.
He made this known while speaking in Abuja Thursday at the 2022 Ministerial Service Award Programme for the labour sector where about 15 members of staff were awarded for their outstanding performance.
He pointed out that the government had begun the process to enhance the efficiency, effectiveness and accountability of the public sector.
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His words ‘This is an opportunity to inform you all that enhanced performance for productivity must be encouraged and so this platform is to celebrate and recognize excellence in service delivery by some carefully selected officers of the ministry.
‘There are sanctions for incompetence. The ministry will provide the enabling environment for competitive performance in rendering quality services, thereby staff aspiring to put in their best in the discharge of their duties will be encouraged’.
Meanwhile, Keyamo had recently revealed all that he has been sacrificing for Nigeria since he was appointed as a minister
Keyamo has openly boasted that he has been using his personal resources since he was appointed as minister in Nigeria.
The Minister had also revealed that his ministry has never given him a car to discharge his duties since he was appointed minister.
In a statement he signed, the minister said his emergence as the spokesman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and presidential campaign council does not affect the discharge of his duties as minister.
The statement which was obtained by Africa Today News, New York reads partly: ‘Being a director in a campaign council is like every other party activity. They want to deny me my fundamental human right to freedom of association because I am a minister.
‘There is no conflict of interests. I fail to see any. Am I using public resources to campaign? Not at all. We have an APC campaign office and I have my well-furnished private chambers, better equipped than my minister’s office.
‘Even the car I use for media interviews is not a ministry car. Since I became a minister, the ministry has not provided a single car for my personal use. I have been sacrificing for the nation with my personal cars and resources.
‘This is now on record and my permanent secretary can attest to this. I grant interviews after my day’s work or at weekends or at break time.’
Keyamo said his work as campaign director was that of a volunteer.