Your performance’ll determine your stay in office, Oyebanji tells Commissioners

Adebayo Adenrele



Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State has told his Commissioners and special advisers that their stay in office would be guaranteed by their creative ability, ingenuity, innovative capability and impressive performance.

Oyebanji stated this at the opening session of a three-day retreat for commissioners, Special Advisers, permanent secretaries, General Managers and Executive Secretaries.

He charged them to justify their presence in the government through excellent discharge of duties in their respective Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), adding that they should see their appointment as a call to service and not an avenue for self-aggrandizement.

Oyebanji also stressed the need for political appointees and accounting officers to work together to realize aspiration of taking Ekiti to the next level of prosperity.

The Governor said the retreat with the theme, “Shared prosperity: From Promise to Reality” , was very timely and apt at the moment when government is working towards actualising the state’s developmental plan.

Governor Oyebanji added that the new commissioners would also be expected to commit themselves to performance bond as a way of ensuring their continued membership of the executive council.

While urging the Commissioners to demonstrate sense of decency, moderation and high sense of responsibility, he charged them to hit the ground running as soon as the retreat is over and not engage in frivolous celebration

In his words, “Let me add that after this retreat, you will be requested as you settle down to submit your work plan and to commit yourselves to a performance bond. Your ability on the job, creative ingenuity, innovative capability and impressive result will be the major determinant of your continued membership of the state executive council. You will always be called upon to submit yourself from time to time for performance evaluation.

“I therefore urge you to hit the ground running, unleash your creative energy and approach every task with every sense of urgency.

“As you all know, we campaigned on a six-point agenda which has now crystallised to the six pillars of our administration, for us to have clear ideas of our development objectives, strategies, performance and performance evaluation.

“Let me throw this challenge to you as we go ahead in this journey, what can you do to make this administration outstanding. What gaps can you fill to make a difference and what fresh ideas can you bring to the table for the realization of our collective goals. This will make us have collective ideas on our vision and objectives, create ideas and strategies and generate the necessary capabilities to realize them.”

In his opening remarks, the Lead Facilitator, Dr Otive Igbuzo highlighted the objectives and expectations to include effective implementation of government policies and programmes as all MDAs would be expected to develop a work plan towards achieving the six pillars of the administration.