Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Alhaji Yayale Ahmed is worried over the level of corruption in the civil service.
He said it was capable of truncating the successful implementation of the Federal Government’s transformation agenda.
The way out, according to Yayale, who served in the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo was a total review of salary and remunerations of civil servants as a strategy for retaining high flyers and talented staff.
He spoke yesterday in Abuja in a paper titled: “Effective Service Delivery and Transformation” which he presented at a workshop organised by the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation to mark this year’s Civil Service Week.
Yayale said: “Sir, at this point in time, the Head of Service should know and accept it that the level of corruption in the public service is such that it will not and I repeat it, it will not ensure service delivery.
“Yes, there are challenges, they say that we are not paid commensurate level of benefits, so, we must cut corners. It could be right, but I think what is there is complete disregard to basic tenets of the civil service.
“They have been saying that we have reformed. But anytime we do rationalisation we end up having more corrupt people in the service. Anytime we replace, we end up having less efficient people.
“We have developed a culture of replacement instead of improvement.”
Yayale called for a review of salary and remunerations of civil servants as a strategy for retaining high flyers and talented members of staff in the service.
According to him, attitudinal change can at best be achieved when workers are motivated, saying that it was necessary that welfare of civil servants should be addressed to strengthen the fight against corruption.
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