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‘Be Diligent, Committed To Duty’, Fashola Charges Interns

The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has charged serving and newly posted National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) Members and Industrial Training (IT) Students to the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing to be diligent and committed to their duties while in the Ministry.

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Director, Press & Public Relations Unit of the Ministry, Mrs.Blessing Lere-Adams disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday, September 8, 2022.

She said that the Minister gave the charge during the first ever organized Induction/ Orientation Training Workshop for Corp Members and Industrial Training Students at the Ministry’s Headquarters in Abuja.

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Mr. Fashola who was represented by his Special Adviser on Strategic Coordination and Administration, Mrs. Motunrayo Alimi also encouraged them to crave for more knowledge and appreciate the experiences garnered during their stay in the Ministry, advising them to make their voices count in their different departments and units in the appropriate manner that would not go against the rules of the Ministry.

The Permanent Secretary, Mr. Bashir Nura Alkali, while declaring the training open said that the induction course was to familiarize the participants with the operations and core values of the Civil Service as well as the processes, procedures, structure, functions and mandate of the Ministry to enable them understand the ministry’s work environment.

Mr. Alkali also commended the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN and the Minister of State, Hon. Umar Ibrahim El-Yakub on the initiative to organize the first ever induction course in the Ministry, adding that the training would introduce them to the general operations of the Ministry and also provide them with ideas that could be of assistance in their future endeavours.

He urged them to maintain positive attitudes assuring them that the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing was poised to reward hard work and good behavior.

On his part, the Director Human Resources Management, Aliyu Abdullahi commended the Management of the Ministry for organizing the training workshop, saying that the Ministry places high premium on training of Staff.

He said that the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing has over five hundred (500 ) Corp members serving in the Ministry and that this shows that the Ministry is a good starting ground for the nation’s young graduates. “To whom much is given, much is expected. We are going to give you the best, so we expect much from you,”’ he said.

On behalf of the Corp members, Miss Boluwatife Ajayi of Press and Public Relations Unit of the Ministry commended the Management for organizing the induction training and assured that they would make good use of the experiences acquired during the training.

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