The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said that as far as federal government appointments to public offices and key positions are concerned, the era of “godfatherism’’ is over, NAN reports.
The minister stated this in Abuja on Sunday, September 24, at a thanksgiving reception by the newly appointed Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Culture, Grace Gekpe.
Mr. Mohammed, who was represented by Bayo Onanuga, the Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, stated that appointment to positions in the federal government “is strictly by merit’’.
“Gone are those days when people were appointed into positions by other factors apart from merit.
“Most of us must have heard that the new permanent secretaries were asked to write examination; Gekpe was one of the very few that scaled through the examination.
“Gekpe is a shining and beautiful woman. That could have earned her the appointment, but not under this regime of Change.
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“She is a permanent secretary by virtue of hard work, merit and because she has a lot of things to offer,” he said.
The minister said that the ministry was proud of Ms. Gekpe, satisfied with her appointment and wished her all the best.
Mr. Mohammed underscored the need for improved funding for the Ministry of Information and Culture and its parastatal agencies.
“The Ministry of Information and Culture has a very big responsibility and there is the need for sufficient funding for it and its agencies.
“The government is doing a lot of things, but it is being misrepresented by naysayers.
“This is the time that the government needed to raise an army of competent information managers to counter the false and negative narratives about the administration,’’ he said.
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