Okoro said there was need to restructure the existing departments in the ministry to a manageable number.
Governor Rochas Okorocha(Gist Me)
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information, Youth and Sports , Mr Norbert Okoro, said recent merger of some ministries in Imo was necessitated by current economic down-turn in the nation.
Okoro
said this during his maiden meeting with Heads of Departments of the
former Ministry of Information and Strategy and that of Youths and
Sports on Friday in Owerri.
He said there was need to restructure the existing departments in the ministry to a manageable number.
He, however, promised that no worker would lose his or her job with the merger of the ministries.
Okoro
appealed to those who might lose their positions as a result of the
merger to take it in good faith and assured that every interest would be
accommodated in the adjustments.
The permanent
secretary further stressed the need for the management staff to be
proactive in their service delivery and enjoined them to create a
harmonious working relationship in the ministry.
Other
issues deliberated on at the meeting included prospects and challenges
of the various departments and the way forward to achieving a more
vibrant ministry of information, youths and sports.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Imo government recently reduced the number of its ministries from 22 to 13.
The governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Sam Onwuemeodo,
said the move followed “the disturbing general economic situation in
the country and effort by the state government to make the ministries
effective and productive.”
Onwuemeodo said the
decision was taken at a joint meeting of senior government officials,
permanent secretaries and the state governor, Mr Rochas Okorocha.
He explained that the permanent secretaries in the affected ministries and the staff would be moved to other ministries.
He noted that the prunning down of the ministries from 22 to 13 would not in any way lead to loss of jobs.
He
said that for the 13 ministries to function, there would be a
blue-print on how to make them solid and viable, with the aim of
achieving the desired results.
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