By Seun Adams
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Police Affairs, Mr, Abel Olumuyiwa Enitan, has charged the Directors and PMS champions to sustain and drive the Performance Management System (PMS) process in the consciousness of the staff toward successful implementation of the federal civil service reforms.
He gave the charge during the ongoing four-day training on the design and implementation of a performance management system for the departmental champions towards institutionalization of the system in the Ministry at the headquarters of the Ministry of Police Affairs, Abuja.
The Permanent Secretary stated that it is a shift from the traditional Annual Performance Evaluation Report (APER) to PMS that would enable objective assessment of staff adding that APER is not going to be in operation as from 2024 and the need for the Ministry to robustly implement PMS.
In his words, “The APER is usually filled to suit ourselves by awarding marks that are not reflective of our works. The gaps in the APER are very obvious and the need to shift to a more realistic PMS policy in the civil service. The management came up with the idea of having a champion in each department and unit and they are expected to be the advocate of PMS to staff after the robust training facilitated for them”
Abel said, PMS has come to stay and everyone should embrace it and the need for Directors/Champions in the Ministry to continue to create awareness and sustain the PMS process in the consciousness of the staff and should be cascaded along the ladder for full implementation in the Ministry.
Earlier, the Co-Ordinator of the Performance Management System (PMS), Professor Adeyemi Ajayi stated that one of PMS objectives is to provide a broad understanding of the PMS as an effective tool for repositioning the public service to become efficient, productive, incorruptible, and citizen-centered service (EPIC)
He added that the training will be practical oriented with exposure to Key Result Areas (KRAs), Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), SMART objectives, Performance review, Roles and Responsibilities, and Monitoring and Evaluations Mechanisms.
