Delta civil servants urged to deliver on Oborevwori’s policies, programmes
By Nosa Àkenzua
The Senior Policy Adviser to the Governor of Delta State, Rt. Hon. Funkekeme Solomon, has charged Commissioners, Permanent Secretaries and civil servants to work assiduously to deliver on the policies and programmes of the Governor Sheriff Oborevwori administration as encapsulated in the More Agenda.
Rt. Hon. Solomon gave the charge during the quarterly visit of Servicom to the office of the Head of Service and other Ministries, Departments and Agencies in Asaba on Thursday.
He said Servicom was introduced into governance in the state by the Administration of former Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, noting that after sometime it became silent.
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The Senior Policy Adviser affirmed that Servicom had been fully revived by the Governor Sheriff Oborevwori administration in order to be part of the parameters to gauge governance and appraise the various MDAs in service delivery.
He noted that the governor was the chief service provider and advocated for enhanced service delivery in every ministry, department and agency through their various hierarchies.
“We are in public offices to serve the public properly and not the other way round; we are expected to put in our best because our services would be appraised whether it is in line with best practices.”
He said the dividends of the MORE Agenda would not get to the grassroots if the place of service delivery and the mechanism for feedback were not put in place.
Solomon advised that the impediments to effective service delivery in every MDA should be given proper attention with a view to removing such for good service delivery.
“Service delivery should be fair, timely, honest and effective; and Servicom is the watchdog of this administration,” he added.
The Commissioner for Higher Education, Professor Nyerhovwo Tonukari commended the team and requested that Commissioners be trained in the area of Servicom to enhance effective service delivery in line with the More Agenda.
On his part, the Commissioner for Special Projects, Funyei Manager, Esq., commended the team and requested for a Servicom unit to enhance global standards.
The team was also at the Ministries of Housing, Finance and Economic Planning.
The State Head of Service, Mr. Reginald Bayoko, said the visit was timely, and lauded the Senior Policy Adviser for the initiative.
At the Accountant-General’s office, the Permanent Secretary, Mrs. Joy Enwa expressed delight at the visit and lauded the Governor for the platform to enhance service deliver.
Meanwhile , the Managing Director/CEO of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, Chief Festus Ochonogor, says that the commission is poised to make Warri work again.
Chief Ochonogor made the remarks on Tuesday when he received the management and crew of Waffi Tv, Warri, at the Commission’s head office in Effurun, Delta State.
He commended the crew on their creativity in setting up Waffi TV as well as in engaging the younger generation to run the station.
Chief Ochonogor urged the youths, particularly those driving the station, to live up to expectations while showcasing their creativity and service through a positive image, content of their programmes, and the use of modern technology to add value to their work.
He also urged them to package their product properly while copying good innovations from others, stressing that being in a competitive business environment required innovations that would encourage people to come to them.
Speaking further, he said he expects the Waffi Tv crew to show to the world that even in Warri, they could connect to other parts of the world by letting people know that Delta can strive.
Ochonogor said that DESOPADEC would assist in terms of infrastructure, capacity building and human capital development saying, “the objective of the Commission is to add value to the lives of the people living in the mandate areas, which DESOPADEC cannot do alone, hence the need for partners to champion the cause. Waffi TV can be a partner that can help disseminate appropriate developmental messages to the people.”
Earlier, the Manager and founder of Waffi TV, Pastor Arex Akemotubo, said the TV station had been in existence for the past six years and it was during the COVID-19 pandemic era that they went on satellite, emphasizing that the TV station could be watched in any “free-to-air” decoder.
Pastor Akemotubo said their visit was to thank the Commission for participating in an entrepreneurship venture embarked upon by the tv station, and making a timely financial donation.
The highlight of the event was the presentation of a picture frame to the DESOPADEC MD by the Waffi TV crew.
