The Kogi State Government has unveiled fresh steps to reform the state civil service, anchored on digital transformation, performance tracking and capacity building for workers.
The Director-General, Governance Delivery Unit, Dr. Olusiji Aina, disclosed this while responding to callers on State of Kogi, a Radio Kogi audience-participatory programme on Monday.
Dr. Aina said the Governance Delivery Unit has commenced the process of equipping civil servants with technological tools, including laptops and iPads, to boost productivity, as part of a broader push to reposition the workforce for a digital era of governance.
He said government’s new digital governance platform, OneGov, will provide real-time data on activities across Ministries, Departments and Agencies, enabling government to identify loopholes and bottlenecks, track implementation of policies, and take appropriate action promptly — including on issues affecting pensioners, notably the backlog of gratuities owed to retirees, which he assured the administration is working to clear.
According to him, the thirty-two-year Kogi State Development Plan is also being restructured from a static long-term document into a live, trackable delivery framework, broken down into pillars, goals, strategies, projects, programmes, budgets, timelines and key performance indicators, with clear responsibilities assigned to relevant MDAs — a move designed to deepen accountability within the civil service.
Dr. Aina called on civil servants across the state to embrace innovation and remain open to change, assuring them that the administration of Governor Usman Ododo was determined to transform the civil service and urging workers to keep faith with the reform process.
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