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Your performance, key to keeping your appointments, Oyebanji tells Excos

Ekiti state governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has informed members of his cabinet that their performance and contributions to the ideals and vision of his administration would be crucial in keeping their appointments.

The governor, who inaugurated 19 new commissioners and 14 special advisers on Tuesday, urged the new cabinet members to hit the ground running and bring to bear their experiences towards actualizing the administration’s six-point agenda in the overall interest of the citizens.

Oyebanji handed down the warning on Thursday during the opening ceremony of the retreat for cabinet members and permanent secretaries with the theme, ‘Share Prosperity: From Promise to Reality’ in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.

He said, “Let me also add that, after this retreat, you will be requested, as we settle down, to submit your work plans and to commit yourselves to a performance bond.

“Your ability on the job, creative ingenuity, innovative capability, and impressive results will be the major determinants of your continued membership of the Executive Council, as you will always be called upon, from time to time, to submit yourselves to performance evaluation.

“ I, therefore, urge you to hit the ground running, unleash your creative energy and approach every task with every sense of urgency. There should be no time to waste, no frivolous celebrations or noisy self-seeking media blitz.

“ This appointment is a call to duty and not an invitation to dinner as many would like to see it. Everything you do must be in decency, moderation, and with a high sense of responsibility.”

On the importance of the retreat, Oyebanji said, “It is to grant us the opportunity to collectively ideate on our vision and objectives, create ideas and strategy for their actualisation and generate the necessary capabilities to realise them.

“ Besides the broader issues of vision, programme, and policies, the coursework of this workshop, I am sure, will include the grandeur and trivial aspects of work and public life.

“ You will be enlightened about reporting channels, officialese, public service idiosyncrasies, rules and procedures, enabling laws, peer-review, budgeting finesse, teamwork, corporate governance ethics, the principle of collective responsibility, intra and inter-governmental cooperation, bilateral and multilateral cooperation, development partnership, public finance, and accountability, among other aspects that can enhance our knowledge of the totality of the work environment.”

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