Ambode charges newly constituted boards, commissions on performance

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Kazeem Ugbodaga
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (left), congratulating Executive Secretary, Wharf Landing Fee Collecting Authority, Mr. Joe Igbokwe, during the inauguration of Chairmen and Members of Commissions and Board in the state, at the Lagos House, Ikeja, on Monday, November 02, 2015.
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (2nd left), Deputy Governor, Dr. (Mrs.) Oluranti Adebule (left), Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Tunji Bello (3rd left) and Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem (4th left), watch as Chairmen, members of Commissions and Board take their oath of office, being conducted by the Director, Legislative Drafting, Ministry of Justice, Mrs. Tola Akinsanya, during the inauguration, at the Lagos House, Ikeja, on Monday, November 02, 2015.
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday charged the newly constituted Chairmen, Executive Secretaries and Members of some Boards and Commissions of State Agencies to make performance their yardstick in office.
He charged them to see their appointment as a call to service and make extra-ordinary efforts to move Lagos forward.
Speaking at the inauguration of the heads of the boards at the State House, Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria on Monday, the governor said the inauguration of the new appointees, coming just after the Leadership Retreat organized by the state for Commissioners, Special Advisers, Body of Permanent Secretaries and some heads of agencies, were all geared towards avoiding a vacuum that could impede timely and smooth policy implementation process.
He said that as public officials, the new appointees must have it at the back of their minds that they shoulder a great burden which calls for high sense of responsibility and sacrifice, and therefore will require extra-ordinary efforts and commitment to the advancement of the state in particular and Nigeria in general.
Ambode admonished the appointees to deliver and add value to the quality of …Read More

Source:: PM Newspaper