THE Federal Government, on Thursday, said that a total of 17,898 civil servants have so far benefited from its specialised mandatory training programme aimed at improving the productivity of the service.

Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Alhaji Isa Bello-Sali, made this known at the commencement of the 2012 and 10th edition of the specialised training programme for officers at Grade Level 08-16 in the Federal Service held at the Public Service Institute of Nigeria, Kubwa, Abuja.

He revealed that the batch 10 in the series, comprised 750 officers for mandatory training and 650 officers for Information and Communication Technology(ICT) training.

Bello-Sali, who was represented by the permanent secretary, Manpower Development in his office, Mrs Nkechi Ejele, said the programme was jointly organised by the HOS Office and Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

He reiterated the commitment of the present administration to training and retraining towards evolving “a well informed, skilled and efficient workforce in the civil service”.

He said the programe, which was suspended two years ago, was revived by his office not only because of the premium government placed on capacity building but because of value adde by previous editions.

The Head of Service added that the programme was initiated in 2009 as a result of observed skills and knowledge gaps in the nation’s public service, which accounted for low productivity of workers.

He said, in addition to improving the competencies and capacities of civil servants, the training would be used and similar opportunities to ensure attitudinal change in the public service.

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