Mrs. Lydia Shehu Jafiya has officially resumed as Permanent Secretary Federal Ministry of Finance at the headquarters of the Ministry of in Abuja.
Stephen Kilebi, Director Press & Public Relations at the ministry disclosed this in a statement.
Minister of Finance and Co-Ordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, while welcoming the new Permanent Secretary to the ministry said, “The ceremony is a family event, one family and one Ministry, assures of working as a team”. The Minister further advised that work in the Ministry should continue in the spirit of fellowship, common purpose, brotherly love, sisterly love and most importantly communal efforts, adding that “when we work and continue along those principles, we will achieve much.”
Edun, “There are lots of expectations bestowed on us, and it is up to us to live up to those expectations.”
In her remarks, Mrs. Lydia Shehu Jafiya said “The pleasure is mine to be welcomed to Federal Ministry of Finance as the Permanent Secretary Finance, disclosing that her deployment by the Head of Service of the Federation, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s approval to the Federal Ministry of Finance is to join the Honourable Minister of Finance and Co-Ordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, to execute the Ministerial Performance Bond of the Presidential Priorities and deliverables signed with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu during the Presidential Retreat.”
She stated that Federal Ministry of Finance has a rich history of high performance in the management of the National Economy and with the Honourable Minister of Finance and Co-ordinating Minister of the Economy who is also saddled with the role of coordinating the Nation’s Economy, we need to do more. She added that “We shall all work together to align the activities of this Ministry with the Six (6) Pillars of the Federal Civil Service Strategy and Implementation Plans 2021 – 2025 (FCSSIP25) for high impact performance”. That according to Jafiya will entail strong commitment to the full actualization of the Digitization Policy of the Federal Government (i.e. the Enterprise Content Management System), Human Resource Management component of the IPPIS, Capacity Building /Talent Management, Performance Management System (to replace the old Aper form assessment method), Innovation and Staff Welfare where reward and recognition will be given attention.
While sincerely thanking the Permanent Secretary Special Duties Federal Ministry of Finance, Mr. Okokon Udo, who has been holding – forth since the retirement of her predecessor, Aliyu Ahmed, she emphasized, “We have to work together as a team and in strict adherence with code of ethics and extant rules/regulations in the conduct of government business.”
Earlier the Permanent Secretary Special Duties Federal Ministry of Finance, Mr. Okokon Udo, in his welcome address said today’s handing over is just a formality, that the Permanent Secretary Finance had already resumed duty since.
Udo while assuring the new Permanent Secretary Finance of his support and cooperation, said she needed not to be tensed about the Ministry that it was a familiar terrain.
It could be recalled that Mrs. Jafiya, the new Permanent Secretary Finance had earlier resumed duty at Federal Ministry of Finance but the official handing and taking over ceremonies were delayed.
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