Abubakar Malami
Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of
Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN has disclosed that President Muhammadu
Buhari is satisfied with the Federal Ministry of Justice over the
achievements made on the national and global scenes in the area of
substantial repatriation of Nigeria’s assets stashed away in
foreign jurisdictions and successful defence of high profile cases.
This
is contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on
Friday by Comrade Salihu Othman Isah, Special Adviser on Media and
Publicity to the Attorney-General of the Federation and
Minister of Justice.
Isah
revealed that Malami stated this at the 2018 Award giving ceremony
organised by the Ministry in collaboration with Office of the
Head of Service last Thursday in Abuja.
He
said, Malami enumerated that high profile cases to include the
Executive Order No.6 in court which is cardinal to anti-corruption
campaign, prosecution and rehabilitation of Boko-Haram suspects,
legal advice to the President on legislative bills and other vital
issues, resolution of public complaints and amongst others.
The
AGF commended the entire management and staff of the Ministry for
their loyalty and support so far, urging them to remain focused and
take up their assigned responsibilities with renewed vigour and
dedication.
He
explained that, the need to acknowledge and reward staff dedication
has become much more imperative in order to achieve optimum
performance and work output especially now that majority of their
civil and criminal cases are being handled internally.
He
added that, the Ministry will henceforth place high premium on staff
training and capacity building coupled with the provision of
financial and non-monetary incentives such as the instant event to
motivate and induce best performance.
The
Minister further added that, the 2018/2019 legal year had been a busy
one on all fronts, stressing that, the cardinal area for us have been
anti-corruption drive, defence of the Federal Government and its
agencies in multitude of cases which has saved the Federal Government
from becoming liable for damages running into billions, Justice
sector reform initiatives, promoting compliance with the
Administration of Criminal Justice Act, Prison decongestion and
Assets recovery’’.
In
his welcome address, the Solicitor General of the Federation and
Permanent Secretary, Dayo Apata pointed out that the initiation of
the award of excellence is not only to acknowledge employees’
contribution towards the achievement of the Ministry’s goal and
objectives as recognised by the civil service rule but also to
reinforce positive attitude towards work, punctuality, dedication to
work, effective and efficient performance.
He
explained that the vision and mission of the Federal Ministry of
Justice are based on values that seek to administer the law and legal
affairs of the state in an open and accountable ways, adding that,
this is in keeping with ideals expressed in constitution, human
right. democracy, equity, human dignity, freedom and
non-discrimination.
In
her goodwill message, the Head of Civil Service of the Federation,
Mrs Wilfred Oyo-Ita stated that the initiative is to recognise and
reward outstanding performance by officers across the service in line
with one of the key result areas of the 2017-2020 Federal Civil
Service strategy and implementation plan.
Oyo-Ita,
represented by the Permanent Secretary, Service Policy and Strategies
Office, Dr. Magdalene Ajani further explained that the goal is to
have an Efficient, Productive, Incorruptible and Citizen-centred
Culture (EPIC) in the Federal Civil Service.
She
emphasised that the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the
Federation has conceptualized the rewards and recognition system
which is an effort to institutionalize the implementation of the
relevant Public Service Rules on award and recognitions.
She
commended the visionary leadership of the AGF as well as the
management team for organising the award ceremony and for their
resolve to reward excellence.
Director,
Human Resource Management of the Ministry, Dr. Waziri Laminu in his
vote of thanks noted that, the event is another milestone in the
effort of the Ministry to evolve a culture where excellence is
recognised and appropriately compensated.
Laminu
thanked the AGF and Solicitor General of the Federation who out of
their ingenuity conceived the noble and inspiring venture and
eventually made it possible in spite of the Ministry’s financial
constraint.
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