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Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has approved a training programme for Permanent Secretaries and other top management officers in the public/civil service of the state at the Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona School of Governance Studies, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye.
The state Head of Service, Mr. Kehinde Onasanya disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.
The Oba Sikiru Adetona School of Governance Studies donated by the monarch is being operated by the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, Jos.
President Bola Tinubu represented by his Vice, Sen Kashim Shettima inaugurated the multi-million naira institute last year May to celebrate the 90th birthday of the foremost monarch.
Upon inauguration, Tinubu to the administration of all announced that the FG has ordered the NIPSS in Kuru, Jos to take over the running of the institute.
Onasanya said that the one-week intensive training programme was expected to train Permanent Secretaries, Principals-General, General Managers, and other top echelons of the Service, while other grade levels and cadres would also benefit from the carefully structured programmes.
He said, “Governor Abiodun had, during a meeting with the Director of the School, Professor Sola Adeyanju, described NIPSS as the highest think tank and capacity-building institution for top decision-makers in the country.
“He gave a firm assurance that the State Government would maximally explore the benefits offered by the institution’s presence in the state to build the capacity of its workforce. The governor urged the Institute to come up with a curriculum in this regard.
“His Excellency is grateful to His Royal Majesty, the Awujale of Ijebu land, Oba (Dr) Sikiru Kayode Adetona, for establishing the School of Governance Studies at Olabisi Onabanjo University and also thanked the Federal Government for approving its takeover by the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, the highest training institute for public governance in Africa.
“Mr. Governor has indeed declared that the School of Governance Studies is not only a blessing to Ogun State but to the entire South West and the country.”
Onasanya also explained that the approval for the training is a fulfilment of the promise Abiodun made during the inauguration of the institute last year that Permanent Secretaries in the state would be the first set of students to be enrolled for courses at the Institute.
He confirmed that the intensive training programme for the Permanent Secretaries is expected to commence in the second week of April, while civil servants on GL 13 – 17 will also be trained based on a well-structured curriculum put in place by the institute.
The Head of Service thanked the governor for putting the civil service on a sound footing as the engine room of the government.
The Director of the School, Prof. Sola Adeyanju described Abiodun as a true nationalist and a man of great vision, pointing out that NIPSS’s presence is already stamped in Ogun State.
According to him, the establishment of the School by Oba Adetona is unprecedented.
He explained that the federal government asked NIPSS to take over the school so it could achieve the vision of the founder and ensure his legacy endured.
He reiterated that the National Institute, as a centre of excellence and the topmost think tank in Africa, will leverage its established capacity to deliver top-notch research results, capacity building, and reflection on national issues to ensure the school achieves its mandate.
He stated that NIPSS has a large pool of world-class resource persons and rich experience, which it will employ to make the public/civil service in Ogun State one of the best in the country.
