President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reportedly accused the civil servants of impeding the progress of his Renewed Hope Agenda.
The President on Thursday held a meeting with top civil servants including the Head of Civil Service of the Federation (HoCSF), Accountant-General of the Federation, Auditor-General of the Federation and Permanent secretaries at the Villa…….CONTINUE READING
“Before the next meeting, I want to see progress in the civil service,” Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, quoted him to have said at the occasion, saying, his principal has mandated the Head of Service and the Body of Permanent Secretaries to consistently measure progress in actualising the Renewed Hope Agenda of his administration.
The Nation said it gathered from unnamed sources that the President was angry with the top civil servants, and accused them of being a disservice to his policies.
Quoting one of the sources, the publication wrote: “President Tinubu was angry with those at the top in the civil service and he did not hide his feelings.
“At a point during the meeting, the President expressed shock that the civil service failed to implement the N25, 000 Wage Award for workers since October until he placed a call from the AU Meeting in Ethiopia.
“The President told the top civil servants: ‘I am unhappy with the pace of work. The civil service is slowing down my Renewed Hope Agenda.’
“He said the civil service has not been responding ‘positively’ to the yearnings and aspirations of Nigerians.
“He complained that some of the approvals and programmes have not been implemented.”
