Awakening the Civil Service to Implement an Agenda of Renewed Hope

There East A popular saying that After THE lordship And sovereignty of God on OUR lives, THE following absolute sovereignty, on humanity, East government of all ideologies, shapes And motives. He East informed by THE realization that OUR lives are affected, And deeply shaped, In A variety of manners by either THE GOOD actions Or THE offense of OUR respective governments.

Therefore, has emphasize This truism, In her Bestseller book titled 'THE Price of Inequality' (2013), Joseph Stiglitz, A Nobel Prize Winner of Economy, States, unequivocal, that "Government East THE official institution through which We act together, collectively, has solve THE the nation problems. »

Amplify THE importance of THE government further away, Stiglitz States that "there has has been No successful big economy In which THE government has not plays A important role… For A thing, THE government sets THE basic rules of THE game. He applied THE laws. More in general, he provides THE soft And hard Infrastructure that allow A Company, And A economy, has function. If THE government do not provide THE roads, ports, education, Or basic research- Or see has he that someone other do, Or has less provides THE terms below which someone other could be able- SO ordinary business can't to bloom." Invariably, SO, Stiglitz recognize THE role of government, And THE instrumentality of the governance, as A force of GOOD In all human companies.

But, he has Also has been widely recognized, through THE world, that No government can function optimally without A able, effective, effective, transparent, liable, ethics, And development oriented public service. Without these distinguish features of Excellency And professionalism In A public service, obviously, he will be unable has serve, adequately, as THE administrative machinery of government For THE Implementation of It is Strategies And programs on A sustainable base. In other words, THE quality of A the nation public service imported, Thus THE popular maxim that No nation can advance beyond THE reach And ability of It is public service.

Basically, if THE quality of the governance, And of THE public service, imported In A private sector led economy such as THE United States of America, (UNITED STATES), as aforementioned by Stiglitz, And In THE leading savings of THE world, he must matter, even more, In THE development global south of which Nigeria East A key member.

He mattered In THE deceased Western Region, For example, below THE direction of late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, A of THE foundation fathers of OUR beloved nation. In her connection tribute has THE SO regional Service, attested has In her Autobiography (1960), concerning It is contributions has THE giant strides of her administration, he recognized that THE institution was: "extremely effective, absolutely incorruptible In It is superior stratum And quite devoted And Without sparing In THE dump of It is a lot And heavy homework. For OUR civil the servers, government workers And workers has bear, without complaining And without breakup down, THE heavy And miscellaneous burdens with which We to have In THE interest of THE public saddle them, East A epic of loyalty And dedication, of physical And mental endurance, And of A sense of assignment on their part. »

THE experience was virtually THE even In THE deceased North And East Regions below their respective the prime ministers, Thus THE nostalgic feeling In THE country that THE First of all Republic was In fact THE best time that We prosperous And flowery, as A nation, below democratic governance.

Only recently, In her recent article. In THE press titled 'Between Technocrats And The politicians In Governance' Muniz Banire (SAN), ancient Lagos State Commissioner, accomplished legal practitioner, politician, sperm public analyst, of opinion that opposite has THE ridiculous complaints In THE public space that The politicians were unfit has serve In high level desks In government, because of THE false idea that they were not the technocrats, he refuted This FAKE notion by grateful that Nigerian The politicians had come of age, with THE RIGHT SKILLS, skills, SKILLS has serve, with Excellency, In A variety of the roles through government.

He recognized, However, that without prejudice has THE relevance of The politicians has serve with diligence In public desks, THE importance of civil the servers, as THE TRUE the technocrats, has adequately complement THE policy direction, has all levels of government, For THE delivery of societal goals, East unassailable.

In her estimate, "by THE strict nomenclature, civil servants are In fact THE class of people considered as technocrats. They are SO considered because of THE particular SKILLS they are presumed has to have In different sectors of governance. Beyond THE do that In most case, civil servants possess THE basic professional qualifications, they appreciate THE preeminence of experience In their selected the fields. In do, a few of them are encyclopedia o...