The new Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Development, Lai Mohammed, has urged the directors of the ministry to key into the change agenda of the Buhari administration.<\/p>\n
Mohammed gave the charge on Wednesday while addressing the directors and other management staff of the ministry in Abuja.<\/p>\n
“Our business is to ensure that every day, we put in our best because if you take care of small things, big things must take care of themselves.<\/p>\n
“You must see yourselves as very vital part of the valid change of this administration.<\/p>\n
“Because no matter what this administration does, until and when it is out there in the public domain, you have done nothing. So, you have a very big challenge.<\/p>\n
“We are not just spokespersons for the government, (but) we must also see ourselves as change agents for this government.<\/p>\n
“We must see ourselves as people that will drive that change. We must see ourselves everywhere and every time what we do as representing this government.”<\/p>\n
The new minister expressed the conviction that with the cooperation of all, the ministry would make a difference.<\/p>\n
“We must put smile back on the faces of Nigerians. We must put back hope on the faces of Nigerians.<\/p>\n
“I am quite encouraged by the dedication and patriotism of the President because this is the president that has no single agenda apart from Nigeria.<\/p>\n
“And I believe that if we all work together, we will help him to achieve that change mantra.”<\/p>\n
According to him, the civil service is not a place for politicking, adding that civil servants are the engine room of government.<\/p>\n
“It does not bother you whether one person is APC or PDP. No, what concerns you is how to make this country a better place because we are all privileged to be where we are today,” he said.<\/p>\n
Mohammed, who urged directors to contribute to the growth and well-being of the country, said he would soon meet with individual heads of departments for briefing.<\/p>\n
Earlier, the Outgoing Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, assured the minister that the management staff of the ministry would give him the needed support.<\/p>\n
“The culture here is that we work with open heart and most of the directors that you have here are very hardworking.<\/p>\n
“I can assure you that they will give you all the support that you need to make your tenure here, in the Federal Ministry of Information, is very successful one.”<\/p>\n
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