Osinbajo appoints Tallen as memeber National Council on skills

By Deborah Christopher, Abuja

Vice president Professor Yemi Osinbajo who doubled as the chairman of the National Council on Skills has appointed the Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen as member of the inter-ministerial focused on Training Women and youth.

This was made known to Nigerian Newsdirect  Newspaper by the Permanent Secretary Dr. Anthonia Ekpa at the weekly Management, Strategy and Policy meeting of the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs which took place on Wednesday.

Ekpa who represented the Minister of Women Affairs at the maiden meeting said the sub-committees consisted of Building Related issues, Basic Management Accounting and Industrial Related.

Dr. Ekpa stated that all heads of departments be up to date and carried along in all programmes being executed by other departments.  She also mentioned the need for the management staff of the Ministry to work as a family while she charged that a working synergy be forged amongst themselves.

Dr.Ekpa noted that while some of the programs of the Ministry are cross-cutting with those of the National Centre, there is the need to harmonize such programs.

She encouraged the management staff of the Ministry to relate well with the National Centre for Women Develop.

She instructed the Directors of the Ministry to patronize the facilities at the National Centre to host their programs. She reminded officers of the need to take prompt actions on assignment given to them, in order not to delay government programs.

Dr. Ekpa beckoned on directors to mentor young officers so that the young officers would be in good stead to take over leadership when Directors bow out of service, adding that the young officers on the job today will grow to become the Permanent Secretaries in the very near future, hence the need to tutor them.

She further said that as a starting point, plans are at advance stages to assign some Ministry’s Directors to lecture others on relevant topics in the Public Service.