The Lagos State Public Service Staff Development Centre (PSSDC) has expressed its intention to collaborate with the Lagos State Ministry of Information and Strategy in the commemoration of its 30th Anniversary on the 6th of October 2024 in recognition of the Ministry’s pivotal role in Information dissemination across the State.
Mr. Adekunmilola Adio-Moses, the Director-General of PSSDC disclosed this today during a courtesy visit to the Ministry at Alausa, emphasising that the primary objective of the visit was to inform the management of PSSDC 30th anniversary coming up in October and the need to collaborate with the Ministry to ensure a successful celebration.
In his words, “We are here to formally bring to your notice that PSSDC will be celebrating 30 years of amazing growth, development and partnership so we want to showcase our success story in this regard. We appreciate that the Ministry is like a home to us and we must acknowledge the numerous support PSSDC has received from the leadership over the years”.
According to him, there will be an official event on Friday, 4th October, 2024 to celebrate the journey so far and Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu will be in attendance to commission some of our Capacity-Building Projects.
“We know the Lagos State Government has a robust social media platform and we request the Ministry’s support to project our programmes across these platforms. Furthermore, we request your professional video and photo coverage and features in Alausa Alert so that PSSDC would be known across Lagos and beyond”, he added.
The Director-General listed some of the capacity-building projects expected to be commissioned by Mr. Governor to include a Virtual Learning Management System known as EKO LEARNS, a digitised studio, a book of poems on MDAs and a multi-purpose sports hub among others, “We have also set up a whole block of nine classrooms equipped with 300 computers for CBT Test. Therefore, we have set ourselves up to deliver top-notch service and generate revenue for the Lagos State Government. Our primary aim is to train Public Servants on Grade Levels 12 and below. However, we also have a consulting arm that offers these services to the public”, Adio-Moses added.
While adding that the Centre also intends to start language classes in French, Mandarin and Yoruba, he revealed that it has already started a PSSDC Toastmasters Club to help Public Servants become better speakers and leaders.
On the role of the PSSDC in staff recruitment, he stated that the Head of Service, Mr. Bode Agoro has directed the Centre to come up with a three-month Induction process which will kick off in 2025 and be a significant feature of the SPADEV going forward.
In his remarks, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Strategy, Mr. Olumide Sogunle thanked the delegation for the visit, assuring the entourage that the Ministry will do whatever needs to be done to ensure the success of the PSSDC 30th Anniversary.
Sogunle also suggested a Trade by-barter mechanism where some departments in the Ministry can mutually benefit from the PSSDC in terms of training and other areas to achieve a Win-Win situation.
The management staff of the Ministry present during the courtesy visit include the Director of Public Affairs, Mr. Adesegun Ogundeji; the Director of Information Production, Mrs. Funmi Adesanya; Director of Strategy Centre, Mr. Kayode Oyekanmi; Director of Social Media, Dr. Jide Atansuyi and Director Public Enlightenment and Community Relations, Mr. Goke Folayan, among others.
