The management of Presidential villa, Abuja, on Friday recognized health workers who have maintained a high level of commitment to the civil service rules, values and ideals during the COVID-19 lockdown.
At a ceremony at the State House to mark 2021 Civil Service Week, Permanent Secretary, Tijjani Umar, praised the role played by State House clinic frontline workers during the pandemic “in attaining the objectives of strategic preparedness and response plan especially relating to surveillance, testing, treatment and vaccination efforts.”
The Deputy Director, Information, Abiodun Oladunjoye, said in a statement that three awardees who would be nominated for the service-wide recognition and reward were: Dr Bashir Ibrahim, Consultant, Public Health, State House Clinic; Dalil Badego, Chief Clerical Officer (Newspaper and magazines distribution officer), in the Planning, Research and Statistics (PRS) department; and Hosea Yashim, a Senior Motor Driver, who is widely admired for his special attention and dedication to shuttle bus passengers within the Presidential Villa.
He said the second category of awardees, who were recognized internally were; Dr Ebuta Agbor, State House Clinic; Onyema Omezi, Assistant Chief Accountant; Agim Jael, Assistant Chief Executive Officer; Jummai Danagalan, Assistant Chief Programme Analyst, ICT in the Office of the Vice President; Duniya Isaac, Accountant 1, Yakata Ganiyu, Senior Works Superintendent; and Waheed Shobande, a Higher Executive Officer in the Media Department.
Others, according to him, were Mustapha Abdullateef, Chief Clerical Officer in the Office of the Chief of Staff; John Ekata, Dispatch Rider, Protocol Department; and Nkocha Anoma, Chief Motor Driver, Office of the Vice President.