The Chairman of the Delta State House of Assembly Commission, Barr. (Mrs.) Josephine Ada Kachikwu has described Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan as a leader who is consistently committed to excellent service delivery.
According to Barr. Kachikwu, Governor Uduaghan has always made funds available for the training and re-training of staff, disclosing that the Commission has benefitted immensely from Governor Uduaghan’s commitment towards ensuring that members of staff are well equipped to do their jobs.
In a report detailing the activities of the Commission since its inauguration in 2011, Barr. Kachikwu stated, “the Commission, in order to motivate workers to higher productivity, has organised training programmes in the nation’s best management, administrative, legislative institutions and they include, the Centre for Management Development (CMD), Lagos; Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON), Badagry; National Insitute for Legislative Studies (NILS), Abuja; Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Abuja; Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Benin City and Warri and a few technical consultants.”
“The investment on training has paid off handsomely as we can now boast of a work-force that can deliver on our core mandate of providing personnel that will assist the legislators to make good laws for the good people of Delta State,” Barr. Kachikwu said, emphasising, “we wish to register our appreciation to the Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan for his magnanimity in approving funds for the training.”
The Commission Chairman also, thanked Governor Uduaghan for approving the procurement of cars for the Secretary of the Commission, Directors and the Accountant, while a 35-seater air-conditioned Costa Bus for staff and a Hilux Double-Cabin Toyota Van aside of a functional loan scheme for workers.
She added that “to maintain our flagship position as the best House of Assembly Commission in Nigeria, we blazed the trail by introducing a scientific method of checking lateness to work and absenteeism through what is called the Clock-in-Clock-Out-Machine which captures the biometric information of each employee as he clocks-in and clocks-out daily.”
Barr. Kachikwu noted that the method, “gives graphically the number of days and hours of attendance of each worker, it is fraud- proof as nobody can clock-in or out for another person, not even a twin brother or sister,” stating that members of the Commission, Hon. Sam Ogrih; Hon. John Idogun; Hon. (Pastor) Mrs. Cordilia Onya; Hon. (Chief) Roland Kemefia; Hon. (Barr.) Benedict Etanabene, and Hon. (Prince) Mike Oputa, have contributed immensely to the success story of the Commission.
She assured members of the public that the Commission will not relent in its function of recruitment, promotion, training and discipline of staff of the Commission.
