FG set to create innovation hub for civil servants in 2024
The federal government has vowed to create a world-class innovation hub in 2024, in order to help civil servants to unveil their creative ideas and realize their goals.
This was revealed by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan.
She made this revelation at the Award ceremony on the Third edition of the Federal Civil Service Innovation Challenge in Abuja.
She called on stakeholders to collaborate with the civil servants to realise their goals.
She added that the civil servants have potential for development.
“Most of the time we think that it is the private sector that should provide leadership, but that’s not true. It is the public sector that should lead, so that means that we are lagging, in our responsibility.
“The fulcrum of this edition of the federal civil service innovation competition is to bring innovative solutions to bear in addressing security challenges within the public space and develop new methods for advancing government business through public-private partnerships, as well as reducing the costs of governance.
“As you are already aware, the first-place winner will be awarded the price of a total song of N3,000,000. Well, the first and second runner-up winners will get N1,750,000 and N1,000,000 respectively. The other ten top performance will get N200,000 as a consolation prize,” she said.
“This is a competition to encourage each other to bring out the best ideas. It shouldn’t become a competition where we begin to pull ourselves down and tear ourselves apart,” she said.
