From Owen Akenzua, Asaba
Digitalisation of the public sector is not just a trend, but a necessity that can make work easier, faster and cost-effective.
Delta State Head of Service, Dr Minnie Oseji and other stakeholders noted this while speaking at the annual public lecture of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria, CIPM, held in Asaba, yesterday.
Oseji emphasised that civil servants cannot afford to be left behind in this digital age, highlighting its benefits in transforming how government operates and delivers services to citizens.
Speaking on the theme of the lecture, ‘Future Proofing A New World of Work: Digitalisation of the Public Sector,” the head of service emphasised the benefits of digitalisation of the public service to effective and efficient service delivery.
While saying that her office had adopted digital approach to trainings and learning, the HoS urged civil servants to embrace digitalisation, just as she disclosed that her office, under the computer centre had commenced the pilot scheme of paperless operations.
Representative of the President and Chairman of the Governing Council of CIPM, Mr Omole Osahon reiterated the mission of the institute to promote excellence in people management and to equip the private and public sectors with strategies that would stand both the test of time and tech.
Earlier in her welcome remarks, the State Chairman of CIPM, Mrs Tega Olowohunwa expressed delight with the array of distinguished audience which include professionals, leaders of thoughts, and public sectors that gathered for the public lecture.
She praised CIPM for meeting the expectations of members as the apex regulatory body for human resource management in Nigeria, renowned for the pursuit of delivering value through people.
Declaring the event open, chairman of the occasion and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Women Affairs, Community and Social Development, Mrs Oghenerukevwe Agas noted that future proofing a new world of work was all about anticipating a new work system and taking proactive steps to minimiae negative effects and maximising the opportunities the new order offers.
She commended CIPM for being proactive and adopting tech options to conduct its business, just as she lauded the Delta State government for the ultra-modern secretariat complex that is supposed to be a SMART building.
