Nigerian Public Service
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Indeed, given the trajectories of the current phase of institutional and governance reform that commenced in 1999 and reached a defining height in 2003, several cogent questions became imperative as the key to determining the direction the Nigerian public service system was heading. These questions include:
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As I was saying, ‘Even in South Korea, rated as No.5 in the world, in terms of budgeting and funding for research and development, the brand maker of Samsung, there is a separate Ministry of Knowledge Development apart from the Ministry of Education
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As I was saying before the electricity jumbo bill and other related bills came to compound our expenditure woes:
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The third part of this reflection on public service as perceived by an outsider is an executive summary of the way we are and that is what our leaders should focus on through public policy formulation
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In a paper yours sincerely delivered at a symposium by the Council of Retired Federal Permanent Secretaries, (CORFEPS) to mark its maiden Annual Week held in Abuja last week, (March 5-7, 2024) I released some facts from my reporter’s notebook of 36 years.
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