While laying emphasis on efficient service delivery, Okonjo-Iweala promised to put in place an equitable training and re-training scheme that would enable staff to acquire new skills and knowledge for improved performance. In addition to the official training and re-training programme, she also advised staff to take advantage of the various e-learning programmes on the internet to improve themselves, promising that evidence of such self improvement would be rewarded, adding that the facilities available in the Global Learning Centre will be optimally utilised.
Speaking further, the Minister stressed the need for a clean and secure environment to enable workers operate in minimum comfort which enhances productivity. Since security is a collective responsibility, she urged staff to be more security conscious while management would put in place bio-metric identification of staff and proper monitoring.
During the interactive session, Okonjo-Iweala promised to take a second look at the anti-corruption measures currently in place in the Ministry with a view to bringing in measures that would effectively tackle the cankerworm of corruption. She also promised more regular “town-hall meetings” with the staff.