The minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has assured that he will continue to place emphasis on the welfare of the ministry’s staff in order to boost their morale and enhance their productivity.
Speaking yesterday during the handing over of two keys of newly-acquired buses to the Joint Staff Union of the ministry in Abuja, the minister said that he is committed to look at the best way to relieve the hardship of workers.
Lai Mohammed said, ‘’We believe that it’s morally wrong of us to expect workers to come early to work when they are using staff buses that are 20 years old. These vehicles will break down on the way to work and many of our people also live quite far away from the office.”
Alhaji Mohammed, who was accompanied by the permanent secretary, Mrs Ayotunde Adesugba, and other top officials, said the ministry had commenced the process of phasing out old staff buses and replacing them with new ones for the convenience of staff.
“A couple of weeks ago, we decided in our meeting that the vehicles in the pool are getting very old and we said that we would be gradually replacing those vehicles as the funds are available.”
The minister assured that the presentation of the vehicles marked the beginning of the numerous welfare packages that would be unveiled for the workers in due course.
