As the 42nd council meeting of the National Council on Establishment (NCE) began in Ikeja yesterday, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu urged members to conduct a review of the scheme of service in line with evolving realities.
He spoke while declaring open the conference.
The governor said: “Let me take this opportunity to remind the delegates to use the occasion of this conference to conduct a review of the scheme of service in line with evolving realities, because the outcomes of their deliberations provide the critical roadmap for decisions and conclusions at the coming officials and ministerial sessions of the council.”
The Permanent Secretary, Service Policies and Strategies Office (SPSO), Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF), Dr. Emmanuel Meribole, thanked Governor Sanwo-Olu and Lagosians for the show of hospitality “and readiness at all time to welcome this kind of meeting anytime they are called upon.”
Lagos State Head of Service Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola told the delegates that the meeting provided an opportunity for the Council to realign and update relevant aspects of the scheme of service in line with emerging realities in the academia and workplace.
He said the world is more dynamic today than ever before and change is the only constant thing.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Establishment and Pension, Mr. Abiodun Bamgboye, on behalf of the delegates, hailed Muri-Okunola, who doubled as the host, for his magnanimity and efforts in securing executive approval for the conference.