Commission Restates Commitment To Staff Training

The Rivers State Local Government Service Commission, has restated its commitment to training and retraining Of staff of local government councils in the state.

The Commission’s Chairman, Chief  Azubuike  Nmerukini said this at the opening ceremony of a three day workshop on “Work Ethics and Organisational Productivity for  Local Government staff on grade levels 04-07″ of Rivers South East Senatorial District in Port Harcourt.

Chief Nmerukini said the workshop was to sensitise  them on the rules,  values and character  expected of council staff.

According to him, “the major concern of this training is to create awareness in the staff as regards the civil service ethic in order to  improve their  productivity”

He expressed hope that the workshop will create new breed of civil servants at the third-tier of government.

“This means that your approach to work should change for the better in line with the theme of this workshop, he said.

Declaring the workshop opened Head of Service, Barrister  Samuel T. LongJohn described  the workshop as timely considering  the stance of the present administration against indolence and corruption and the need to improve productivity to enable  government deliver the dividends of democracy  to the people of the state.

Barrister LongJohn who was represented by Mr Godwin Chinwe said that his  office has mapped out a systematic approach to organise regular training and retraining programmes for all categories of staff all year round to keep them abreast  of modern trends in service delivery.