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| Brig-General Ibrahim |
Address
delivered by the Director-General, NYSC, Brig-General S. Ibrahim DSS PhD MTRCN,
at the opening ceremony of the NYSC Freedom of Information Desk Officers
Workshop held on Friday, June 14, 2019, at Rock View Hotel (Royale) Wuse II,
Abuja.
Protocol
I
am delighted to address you this morning at the Freedom of Information Desk
Officers’ Workshop which has been institutionalised by the Scheme in order to
achieve best practices in the discharge of our responsibilities. Let me first
and foremost welcome you to this training which no doubt, will further equip
you for better discharge of your duties in the spirit and letters of the FOI
Act.
You
will recall that since the enactment of Freedom of Information Act in 2011,
NYSC has been at the forefront of ensuring total compliance with the provisions
of the Act. I therefore, charge you to
continue on this positive stead by ensuring effective record management,
effective liaison as well as prompt response to enquiries in your respective
Secretariats.
Since
assumption of duty as Director-General of the NYSC, I have noted your efforts
at recruiting, training and mentoring of the Corps FOIA vanguard which is
laudable. I therefore, urge you to
deepen the activities of the vanguard, especially the routine sensitisation of
the public on the Freedom of Information Act.
This
training workshop is aimed at consolidating the successes recorded by the Scheme
regarding FOIA, updating your knowledge of the Act as well as enhancing your
competence to perform even better. It is expected that you will step down the
training you will receive here to other members of staff in your various
secretariats as well as the corps FOIA vanguard.
Let
me however seize this opportunity to remind Nigerians that NYSC has done much
for the unity of the country over the last four decades. Apart from promoting
national unity, the selfless services rendered by the young men and women on
national service have brought positive transformation in the socio-economic
development of the country over the years.
However,
the scheme has had to grapple with challenges which are sometimes occasioned by
apparent lack of knowledge of our policies and operations by a section of the
public. I therefore, urge all Nigerians to familiarise themselves with NYSC Act
so as to understand better, the operations of the scheme and its role
expectations.
On
this note, I wish to remind the distinguished participants at this workshop
that with the calibre of Resource Persons gathered here, great ideas that will
broaden your horizon will be imparted on you. I therefore, expect that the business session
will be participatory and interactive. On the part of the Management, we shall
continue to provide all NYSC staff, the enabling environment for the discharge
of your official responsibilities.
It
is now my pleasure to declare the 2019 Freedom of Information Desk Officers’
Workshop open.
Thank
you and God bless.
Culled
from Selected Speeches and Strides of the 18th NYSC
Director-General, Brig-General S. Ibrahim DSS PhD MTRCN
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