FG to track performance of civil servants digitally

Blessing Bature, Abuja 

Civil servants across the country may need to improve upon their overall output at work, as the Federal Government has concluded plans to monitor their performance digitally. 

Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folashade Yemi-Esan who announced this on Thursday in Abuja, said an "end-to-end automation" process will be deployed to track performance of civil servants.

The HoS who spoke during a meeting of critical stakeholders on the Implementation of Modern Performance Management System, PMS, in the Federal Public Service, noted that the PMS would be fully automated.

Dr. Yemi-Esan regretted that the civil service has been tagged redundant, ineffective, inefficient and not meeting up to its standards. Thus, she said the narrative must change going forward.

According to the Head of Service, the Executive Order 012 signed recently in October by President Muhammadu Buhari, was meant to drive the institutionalization of the PMS.

She further lamented that Kenya which began the institutionalization process same time with Nigeria, has already moved farther ahead.

While charging Permanent Secretaries to drive the process, Yemi-Esan noted that the PMS is coming to replace the annual performance evaluation system. This, she said, is to ensure that employee performance is linked to institutional goals and objectives.

"We must not fail to understand that the delivery of government's policies is critically dependent on employees delivering on their various objectives," the HoS noted.

In his remarks, Chairman, Federal Civil Service Commission, Tukur Bello, assured that the commission will embrace the PMS and give the OHCSF all the necessary support. 

Director, Performance Management Department, OHCSF, Bosede Olaniyi in her presentation of the PMS strategy, informed that the PMS was birthed by the need to sustain the capacity and intellect of the civil service.