{"id":160289,"date":"2025-04-24T11:53:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T10:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nigerian-govt-begins-induction-for-new-agf-perm-secs"},"modified":"2025-04-28T18:02:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T17:02:44","slug":"nigerian-govt-begins-induction-for-new-agf-perm-secs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-govt-begins-induction-for-new-agf-perm-secs","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Govt begins induction for new AGF, Perm-Secs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Federal Government has commenced a three-day Induction Programme for newly appointed Permanent Secretaries and the Accountant-General of the Federation.<\/p>\n<p>The programme, which began on Wednesday, 23rd April 2025, at the National Counter Terrorism Centre, Abuja, is designed to strengthen strategic leadership and policy execution at the topmost level of the federal bureaucracy.<\/p>\n<p>Declaring the programme open, the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF), Mrs Didi Esther Walson-Jack, congratulated the appointees and described their roles as critical to effective governance and national development.<\/p>\n<p>She noted that permanent secretaries serve as the engine room of government, responsible for driving policy implementation, institutional performance and service-wide reform.<\/p>\n<p>The HoS urged the inductees to uphold the highest standards of integrity, diligence and teamwork, stressing that the success of the Renewed Hope Agenda and the Federal Civil Service Strategy and Implementation Plan 2021\u20132025 (FCSSIP 25) depends significantly on their leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis final lap of FCSSIP 25 calls for urgency, accountability, and strategic focus. You must translate vision into measurable results,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n<p>In her welcome address, the Permanent Secretary, Career Management Office, Mrs. Fatima Sugra Tabi\u2019a Mahmood, described the programme as a strategic investment in leadership capacity and institutional effectiveness.<\/p>\n<p>Sessions feature expert-led discussions, simulations and strategic briefings facilitated by a faculty including Engr. Suleiman Adamu, former Minister of Water Resources; Dr. Hadiza Bala Usman, Special Adviser to the President on Policy and Coordination and Mrs. Beatrice Jedy-Agba, Solicitor-General of the Federation and Permanent Secretary Federal Minister of Justice.<\/p>\n<p>Other members of the panel include Alh. Yusuf Addy, retired Federal Director; Alhaji Bukar Goni, former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation; Amb. 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