SEVEN-WEEKEND MANAGEMENT COURSE: DTSG To Sustain Partnership With ASCON In Management Training

The 2019 edition of the Seven-Weekend Management Training Program for senior management staff in the Delta State Civil Service has opened in Asaba with a charge on the participants to see it as a catalyst for them to acquire the requisite knowledge to enhance their managerial capability.

The Head of the Delta State Civil Service, Mr Reginald Bayoko, who gave the charge in Asaba on Friday while declaring the training course open, said that was the only way the participants could contribute to the growth and development of the State Civil Service.

 
Mr Bayoko noted that since the training program began 15 years ago the capacity of seniir management staff in the State Civil Service had witnessed unprecedented improvement and by extension improved service delivery.

He said each year participants were given the opportunity to share experiences from their various establishments and to leverage on modern techniques and skills required to tackle ever increasing challenges of public administration in a complex society.

The HoS pointed out that the senior management course was part of the overall policy of capacity building in the state, adding that it was designed to equip participants with the knowledge of modern management concepts, skills and tools and how to apply the knowledge to their duties.

 
Mr Bayoko added that the course was also aimed at enhancing the ability of participants to appreciate and respond promptly to the enormous societal demands on the present day civil service, and to provide a veritable platform for the cross fertilization of ideas among officers.

He expressed the hope that at the end of the seven-weekend program the participants would give a good account of themselves and implored them to make judicious use of the opportunity provided by the program.

Earlier, the Director General of the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria,  ASCON,  Mrs. Cecilia Gayya, said the fact that the course had held for 15 years demonstrated the high premium the Delta State government placed on training and human capacity development of its workforce.

Mrs Gayya said ASCON was proud of its collaboration with the Delta State government because the state through the Office of the Head of Service had for 15 years consistently supported the course in its effort to transform the state’s machinery of government.

She implored the participants to see the opportunity to be part of the course as an invaluable investment made on them by the state Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa.