THE Ondo State Local Government Service Commission has stressed the dire need to train and re-train its entire workforce for a better and efficient service delivery.
The chairman of the commission, Tayo Akinyele said this during a four-day intensive training workshop on International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) at Igbara-Oke in Ifedore Local Government area of the state.
According to him, the workshop was organised for all heads of finance and supplies, internal auditors, local government accountants, cashiers and store officers in the 18 local government areas of the state.
Akinyele, who said the present administration believed strongly in capacity building of its workforce, urged workers to forge ahead with greater determination and put in more efforts in the discharge of their duties.
The chairman noted that, it is the only way to surmount whatever challenges that might be militating against their progress as a workforce.
“In spite of the challenge of dwindling monthly allocation from the federation account, we are strongly committed to utilising the little fund that could be harnessed towards the training and re-training of the workforce.
“We have in the pipline training programmes designed to motivate, inspire and energise our workers in the right direction.
“Our target is to promote their self-esteem, give them a feeling of control over their jobs, elicit their full potentials and at the same time make them live up to the emerging global trends in all endeavours of their lives,” Akinyele said.
The Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Bamiduro Dada lauded the entire local government workers for the good working relationship between the commission and the ministry.
Bamiduro explained that the workshop would equip the participants with necessary skills needed to conduct their official duties in a competent manner as professional accountants.
He, therefore, urged them to impact the knowledge they must have acquired during the training on their colleagues and sub-ordinates when they get back to their various duty posts.
Many of the participants, who spoke with our correspondents, expressed optimism that the workshop will be of immense benefits to them in the discharge of their duties.
Head of Finance, Idanre Local Government, Modupe Omoloja commended Governor Olusegun Mimiko, “for making sure that the Local Government Service is well positioned for effective and efficient service delivery.
Head of Finance and Supply, Local Government Staff Pension Board, Akure, Alhaji Abidakun Yusuf expressed the conviction that the workshop will imbue them with more enthusiasm and greater determination than before.
