By Palma Ileye
Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi has launched the Performance Management System, PMS, in the Ministry to enhance service delivery, improve the performance of the Staff, and develop the Agriculture Sector in line with the Renewed Agenda of Present Administration.
Abdullahi in a press release issued by Ogbuagu Charity Chika, Principal Information Officer, For: Director Information of the Ministry made this known during the launching of PMS Day at the Ministry’s Conference Room in Abuja.
He stated that the PMS would support the development of the framework for the continuous enhancement of Staff and organizational competence as well as capacity through the identification of knowledge and skills gaps.
He pointed out that it would provide clear and robust guidelines for implementing performance management in the public service and ensure effective coordination of government management.
The Minister added that it would provide an integrated performance management system for alignment of policy, planning, budgeting, and target setting at the institutional and individual levels.
Earlier in his remarks, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mr. Temitope Fashedemi said that the PMS was a systematic process that involves planning work, setting targets, providing support to employees, and measuring of expectations noting that it also provides a framework for tracking employee performance and improving their capacity through training to perform their jobs.
Highlight of the event was the inauguration of Performance Management System Ministry’s Core Team.
