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| CIPM 1: (L -R) Mrs. Sope Akinsemoyin–Malomo, Director A&HR, Ministry of Information and Strategy, Mr. Olumide Sogunle, Director, Public Affairs, and Mrs. Olubusola Abidakun, Director Admin and HR, Ministry of Health, who is also the Chairman, CIPM (Alausa Chapter) during the courtesy visit. |
· Seeks Best Practices Among Human Resource Managers
The Executive members (EXCOs) of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM), Alausa Chapter, led by its Chairman, Mrs. Olubusola Abidaku, has visited Ministries,
Departments, and Agencies of the Lagos State Government to explore avenues for deepening and strengthening Human Resource professionalism, staff performance and administration as well as the participation of public servants in the activities of the professional body. |
| CIPM 2: Executive members of CIPM (Alausa Chapter) and Management Staff of Ministry of Information and Strategy during the courtesy visit. |
She spoke during a courtesy call to the Ministry of Information and Strategy, pointing out that the team set out to visit some core Establishment agencies of government in furtherance of previous engagements aimed at ensuring the registration of all Administrative and Human Resource Officers as professional members of the institute as well as full participation at the monthly Knowledge Sharing Sessions (KSS).
Emphasising that participation in activities of the Chapter has immense benefits such as networking and keeping abreast of emerging trends in the human resource practice, Mrs. Abidakun said: “It makes you know your onions, be confident and ever consequential. There will be no room for intimidation or inferiority complex as regards the private sector counterpart. We have bespoke tailor-made HR models and excellent brains in the Public Service”.
The CIPM Alausa Chapter Chairman, also a Director of Administration and Human Resource in the Lagos State Government, affirmed that many reforms are ongoing to eradicate the ‘rod’ approach in the Public Service.
She described the ‘rod’ approach as the period where punitive measures, rather than empathy, were adopted in dealing with inefficiency and poor service delivery, saying the present approach to bringing out the best in the workforce takes cognisance of human reality, emotional intelligence, mental health, employee engagement and experience amongst others.
CIPM 3: (L- R) Mr. Rotimi Jimoh, Asst. General Secretary, CIPM (Alausa Chapter); Mrs. Olubusola Abidakun, Chairman, CIPM (Alausa Chapter); Mrs. Lolade Aina, Director of Training, Office of Establishments and Training; Mrs. Omowunmi Oluwalanke, Treasurer CIPM (Alausa Chapter) and Mr. Jamiu Awe, Vice- Chairman CIPM (Alausa Chapter), during a courtesy visit to the Ministry of Establishments, Training & Pensions.
Speaking about the need to train workforce, Mrs. Abidakun stated that it is the duty of Human Resource Strategists in various MDAs to ensure that their downlines take full advantage of the reskilling and upskilling opportunities that the Lagos State Government has graciously provided, particularly professional training and the online Learning Management System (LMS).
Her words: “Our mantra is if you don’t train them, don’t blame them. Therefore, we should make it a point of duty to ensure that our versatile Lagos State Workforce undergo Learning and Development from time to time to ensure they are conversant with cutting edge Human Resource trends to increase their efficiency and effectiveness”.
She revealed that plans are ongoing to hold a “family meeting” of Human Resource Administrators in the State public sector to discuss challenges of the profession and recommend ways of breeding a crop of officers with a renewed zest for the practice.
Also speaking during the visit, the Vice–Chairman of the Chapter, Mr. Jamiu Awe, disclosed that the CIPM Lagos State Branch has twelve branches and Alausa Chapter is the trailblazer with the highest number of members in Lagos State.
Awe also implored Administration and Human Resource officers who are non-members of the Institute to register and go through the rungs towards being chartered professional members by exploring the concessionary routes available for Public Servants.
Responding, the Director for Public Affairs, Ministry of Information and Strategy, Mr. Olumide Sogunle commended the efforts of the Chapter and suggested that the Knowledge Sharing Session of the body should also be made available to other cadres in the Public Service.
He emphasised the need for Human Resource Directors to come up with an initiative to drive traffic to the Learning Management System portal of the Lagos State Government, saying it is an avenue for staffers to learn in an easy, comfortable and stress-free manner.
Also speaking, the Director, Administration and Human Resource, Mrs. Sope Akinsemoyin-Malomo, buttressed the need for regular training, noting that weekly sessions are organised for Administration and Human Resource staff as well as youth corps members deployed to the Ministry of Information and Strategy.
The CIPM Alausa Chapter team also extended the courtesy visit to the Public Service Office (PSO), Office of Transformation, Creativity and Innovation (OTCI) and the Ministry of Establishments, Training and Pensions.
While receiving the team at the Ministry of Establishments, Training and Pensions, the Director of Training, Mrs. Lolade Aina, hinted that a “family meeting” would be organised for Directors of Administration and Human Resource to come up a blueprint and other modalities for a more robust and topnotch practice of the profession in the Lagos State Public Service.
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CIPM 4: Mr. Toba Otusanya, Director-General & Chief Executive Officer, Office of Transformation, Creativity and Innovation (middle) flanked by Executives of the CIPM(Alausa Chapter), during their courtesy visit to OTCI.
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