The Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Police Service Commission, Abubakar Ismaili, said he was aware that today’s civil service had reached its lowest ebb.

“It is described as corrupt, nonchalant and undisciplined,” Mr. Ismaili said Wednesday at the inauguration of an inter-ministerial committee with the SERVICOM office to enhance and sanitise the operations of the commission.

Mr. Ismaili, however, charged the newly inaugurated members of the inter-ministerial committee to work to change the narrative through hard work, creativity and transparency.

He urged them to be honest, hardworking and loyal public servants “in order to change the general perception of the civil service out there.”

The commission’s spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani, who said this in a statement in Lagos, added that the decision was reached when the agency paid an advocacy visit to the commission and for the inauguration of its Inter-Ministerial Committee.

Chairman of the Commission, Musiliu Smith, a retired Inspector General of Police, said the SERVICOM office had contributed immensely to bringing sanity in the ways and means government business was being conducted in Nigeria.

He said the commission would continue to leverage the commitment of the agency to the improvement of service delivery in the public sector.

“This will ensure that services in the commission are citizen-friendly and in line with established rules and regulations.”

Also speaking, the National Coordinator/Chief Executive officer of SERVICOM, Nnenna Akajemeli, said the success of the service delivery initiative in the commission rested on the shoulders of its leadership.

She noted that the commission had crucial roles to play in determining the success or failure of the Nigeria Police Force, adding that these roles required that the commission should be citizen-focused.

This, she said, was in the formulation of policies and guidelines, as well as in the recruitment, promotion and discipline of personnel of the Nigeria Police Force.

(NAN)