Oritsegbubemi Omatseyin
Lagos — The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has concluded a three-day performance management retreat where it executive directors signed a performance bond with the director general and chief executive officer of the agency, on behalf of departments under their directorates.
The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, who declared the session open, reiterated the commitment of the Federal government to improve service delivery in public service.
The minister, who was represented by the Director of Maritime Safety and Security of the Ministry, Mr Babatunde Bombata, noted that the maritime sector is the gateway to the nation’s economy with the potential to facilitate the economic diversification agenda of the Federal Government.
He added that the establishment of the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy is to revolutionise the maritime sector’s contributions to Nigeria’s economic development.
“It has been made abundantly clear that the public service under the current Federal Government, is performance-driven and government businesses can no longer be conducted as usual. Thus, the government and its partners have worked assiduously to establish performance management and measurement mechanisms that are aimed at holding all public officers accountable” he said.
A director from the office of the Head of Service, Rikko Owutti, while addressing NIMASA staff on the performance management process, commended the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy for taking the lead in the quest to change the status quo in terms of service delivery and performance Management.
“We at the office of the Head of Service have been monitoring the commitment level of Ministries to this newly introduced Performance Management System, and I must commend the leadership and staff of all Agencies under the Marine and Blue Economy Ministry,” Owutti said.
Speaking at the session, the NIMASA director general, Dr Bashir Jamoh, urged staff of the Agency to embrace the new performance monitoring and management system.
He said: “Our Minister signed a Performance Bond with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu late last year, I signed a Performance Bond with the Minister on your behalf, and today, you have all signed the performance Bond with me. So, when you deliver, I will have a good report card to submit to our Minister, who in turn will submit the same to Mr President. I urge you to deliver on this bond we signed today because the success or otherwise of our President depends largely on your performance.”
The Executive Director of Finance and Administration, Chudi Offodile, Executive Director of Operations, Engineer Fatai Adeyemi, and the Executive Director of Maritime Labour and Cabotage Services, Mr. Jibril Abba, all signed on behalf of their directorates. Some departmental heads also signed performance bonds which will be reviewed monthly and assessed quarterly.
