Oyo HOS Inaugurates Committee on Public Service Rules, Other Regulations

 

The Oyo State Head of Service, Mrs Ololade Agboola has inaugurated committee on the review of Public Service Rules and other regulations, noting that, the exercise is not carried out to witch-hunt any workers in the State.

She stated this during the inauguration of the committee, held at Head of Service conference room, Secretariat, Ibadan.

She charged chairman and other members of the committee to bring new ideas into the system, hinting that, rules must not be static for a long time.

She said "extent rules and regulations in the Civil/Public Service has been known for a long time as the Bible and Quran for all government officials and also use to guide and guard conduct in the service".

The Head of Service added that public service rules was last  reviewed in the year 2013, hinting that, the books are being challenged daily by the presence of technology.

"These books can therefore leave service at risk, this is because old way may not be in tandem with current realities and may be unable to address new challenges of technology which can result in  inconsistence in application of rules and regulations guiding the service.

Some of the books are Public Service Commission Regulations, 1978, Public administration Law 2000, Procurement Guidelines, 2021 and Financial Memorandum for Local Governments. 

She explained that the exercise is not carried out to witch-hunt a category of workers or a particular cadre or group of workers, it is carried out to bring sanity into system .

The Chairman of the committee, former Secretary to the State Government and Head of Service, Chief Bisi Adesola, mni commended the State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde for giving him and his members opportunity to serve the State in that capacity.