The Director-General, Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR), Mr Dasuki Arabi, has called for stronger collaboration with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) for cheaper and more organised services to the public.
Arabi made the call when he paid a courtesy visit to the Managing Director of NAN, Mr Buki Ponle, on Wednesday in Abuja.
The director-general stressed the need for both organisations to ensure that Nigerians had efficient and quality services at all times.
He noted that in spite of challenges hindering parastatal agencies from achieving their set goals, they must collaborate to succeed.
Arabi added that parastatal agencies were important institutions because most Nigerians experienced governance and service delivery directly through them.
He said that the mission of the BPSR was to facilitate the building of Nigeria’s Public Service into a highly functional, professional, customer-focused and result oriented institution.
“We are ready to reform and the BPSR will continue to work with NAN in the area of information dissemination for better public services,” he added.
In his remarks, Ponle said that with organisations such as BPSR, there was a great hope in reforming and rebuilding the nation.
He noted that the country might be going through a very rough time, but with unity it would overcome its challenges.
The NAN boss added that Nigeria under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari was doing well, because change was a gradual process and nation would definitely get to a greater height.
“We must always be guided by our ethics and values, there are so many people to mentor and be mentored, we must take advantage of our position to leave a great legacy behind.
“We must lead by example by being accountable, patriotic and honest civil servants,” he said.
Ponle urged the Bureau’s chief to consider pensioners “when reforming the reforms’’, adding that pensioners were being left behind when reforms were carried out. (NAN)
