Information and Public Relations Officers (IPROs), have been charged to familiarise themselves with the rules and regulations guiding the Civil Service so as to be abreast with principled standards for maximum productivity.

The charge came to fore by the Director of Administration and Supplies, Bureau of Establishment and Training, Mr. Abiodun Oyenekan, who led his team to the Information Officers’ weekly statutory meeting, at the Ministry’s Conference Room, Oke-Mosan Abeokuta, said Ogun State had adopted the federal Government circular, but not without a recourse to the State’s peculiar situation.

 He revealed that Upgrading/Inter cadre transfer, conversion exercise were part of the yearly routine of the State Civil Service where officer would be given the avenue to thrive and grow career-wise, especially, under the Prince Dapo Abiodun’s led Administration who for the sake of fair play and development had constantly approved promotions and career conversion.

          In their separate submissions, the Director of Establishment and Industrial Training, Mr.  Dare Ogunjobi and Director of Management System  Mr. Adeniyi Obasanjo, said IPRO’s should read and digest circulars thoroughly for proper understanding of the messages conveyed without ambiguity, pointing out that the Bureau run an open door policy as they appealed to Officers  to familiarise themselves with the revised copy of the Public Service Rules.

           Earlier, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mr. Waheed Adeshina, appealed to officers to always ask the right questions from the right sources whenever they needed clarity about Service issues, noting that, obtaining and presenting additional qualifications on time, would help officers in sub-cadre category to quickly fall back on the path of career progression which could ultimately make such to reach the peak of the Civil Service.  

Lending her voice to the discourse, Director of Information, Production Services, Mrs. Kemi Ewedairo-Yusuf, advised IPROs not to act in contrary to the Service Rules by divulging classified and unverifiable information on social media, especially, officers that were laced with fast fingers, calling for caution and courtesies in handling service issues.