Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has charged public officers to demonstrate probity and accountability in the conduct of government business.
Governor Amaechi gave this charge during the Code of Conduct Bureau compliance training programme for Chief Executives and Heads of MDAs at the EFCC Training and Research Institute, Karu.
Represented by his Deputy, Engr. Tele lkuru, the State Chief Executive, urged the participants to show commitment in implementing the lessons from the training programme in our national life, stating that it “is of utmost importance in the current efforts at repositioning the nation’s public service”.
Decrying the damage that corruption and lack of public probity and accountability have caused the nation, Governor Amaechi said, the time has come for public officers to apply probity in public office, adding that this issue is critical in determining the progress or retrogression of Nigeria.
He however expressed optimism that the nation would experience positive change and appealed to the participants at the workshop made up of public policy formulators to drive the machinery of public service in the nation effectively, urging them to emulate the example of Rivers State which fashioned out “Code of Ethics” for public officers in the State. Example of Rivers State which fashioned out “Code of Ethics” for public officers in the State.
In his keynote address, the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mohammed Uwais explained that the integration of the Code of Conduct Law for pubic officers into the nation’s constitution made it a supreme law, adding that by 1979, when the law became functional, the public service was “plagued by corruption, embezzlement and nepotism,”.
Also speaking, the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau, Mr. Sam Saba noted that the training programme had become necessary to bring the import of the constitutional mandate, powers and functions of the Bureau to lime light, urging the participants to enlighten their subordinates on the law.
Also in their separate speeches, the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Alhaji Isa Bello Sail, the Grand Khadi, Sharia Court of Appeal, Justice Muhammad Shehu, and other speakers disclosed that the fight against corruption and maintenance of high level morality in public service is an international obligation of all officers. ####
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