FG Holds Retreat For Perm Secs on PMS Implemetation, Urges Professionalism

In line with Pillar 2 of the Federal Civil Service Strategy and Implementation Plan 2021-2025 (FCSSIP 25), the Head of Civil Service of the Federation (HoSF), Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, said the office remains committed to sustaining and strengthening structures established to drive Performance Management System (PMS) in the Service. 

She made the disclosure at a one-day Retreat for Federal Transformative Permanent Secretaries on the Status of the Implementation of PMS in Ministries, extra-ministerial Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in Abuja.

Dr. Yemi-Esan, explained that the purpose of the Retreat was to evaluate progress and adopt the Service wide Key Result Areas (KRAs) for the 2024 Performance Management circle. 

while delivering her keynote address according to the statement, she said, “Performance Management is one of the key strategies toward ensuring better employee performance in sync with organisational goals.

“It is essential in evaluating, as well as managing employees’ performance to creating a work environment that encourages improvement, which in turn, motivates employees to be more productive, she further stated.

She disclosed that a robust institutional arrangement guarantees effectiveness in government performance management which comprises of tmechanism, rules, polices, guidelines, informal practices and culture that promote the effective implementation of PMS, as a globally accepted management tool.

She reiterated the need for the Transformative Permanent Secretaries to prioritise the professional growth and development of staff, so that the Service will remain adaptive and resilient in the face of any opportunity or challenge.