Expert Cautions Nigerian Civil Servants On Misconduct

The Principal Training and Development Officer with Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MlNlLS), Ilorin, Mr Victor Ayeni, yesterday cautioned Nigerian civil servants against misconduct in work place.
Ayeni gave the advice in Ilorin while delivering a paper entitled: “Misconduct in the Civil Service”, during the monthly meeting of the Chatered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM), Kwara Chapter.
According to him, any misconduct of government employees reflects on the government itself.
He said that it was essential that government should regulate the conduct of the workforce in order to see the interest of government and interest of the public is safeguarded.
“Every government employee is expected to maintain absolute integrity to duty in all time such as loyalty, diligence, faithfulness and obedience.
“The rules of any human enterprises or organisation set out as guiding principles and policy, acceptable conducts, modalities for actualising organisational objectives and the entitlements of its personnel.
“Any organisation is as effective as the rules guiding its operations. The Nigerian public service can be linked to an organisation of human activity which is governed and regulated by rules,” he said.
Ayeni described misconduct as failure by staff member to comply with the obligations under the chatter of the United Nations, the staff regulations and staff rules.
He listed misconduct to include minor and major offences like attendance and absence without leave, distribution of handbills, indecent behaviours while on duty and foul language.