Kogi commissioner tasks civil servants on diligence, productivity

Kogi state Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mrs. Rosemary Osikoya, has urged civil servants in the state to be diligent in their duties.

She also urged them to aim for higher productivity that would exceed the expectations of their employer.

Osikoya gave the advice at a send-off’programme on Monday in Lokoja, organised for two outgoing executive directors in the ministry who would be retiring from active service.

The retirees are the acting Executive Director, Agency for Adult and Non-Formal Education (ANFE), Mr. Michael Ejiga Ojogbane and the acting Executive Director, Science Technology and Technical Education Board (STTEB), Mrs. Bosede Agnes Akpata.

Osikoya commended the duo for their commitment to duty and immense contribution to the development of the education sector in the state, saying they deserved to be celebrated.

”We must celebrate the people who have given their best while in active service; whatever position we find ourselves, we must see it as opportunity given by the grace of God to serve. We must leave good legacies behind us.

”As a sector, we are celebrating your achievements and for making remarkable impacts in the ministry and the state at large,” she said.

The commissioner specially eulogised Mrs. Akpata for her tireless efforts and commitment to duty, saying she has rekindled her hopes in the future of the state’s civil servants.

”I thank you for demonstrating good virtue that will be emulated by all. I thank you for delivering your best and for supporting the government of Governor Yahaya Bello,” she said.

She however, enjoined the outgoing directors to continue to explore and seek for knowledge, saying that “education and learning is a continuum; when you stop learning, you start dying.”

The commissioner noted that the ministry would need their regular support, especially in the area of guidance and counselling of younger generations from time to time, even as she advised those still in active service to be diligent in their work in order to move the ministry and the state to greater heights.

”Diligence is necessary for seizing opportunities; we must let our impacts be felt in the life of the people we are leaving behind. We must leave a good legacy behind us,” she restated.