Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has said that greater efficiency and effectiveness has been achieved in governance because he created a conducive internal work environment deliberately to enable members of cabinet and every officer of government to function maximally.
The Governor maintained that he knows that the quest for greater productivity he desires cannot be achieved in a toxic workplace of tension, anxiety and fear, which often heighten underlying health conditions of the workforce.
Governor Fubara made the assertion when he spoke at the Special Thanksgiving Service organised in honour of Dr. Tammy Wenike Danagogo at the St. Paul’s Nyemoni Lutheran Cathedral in Abonnema Town, Akuku-Toru Local Government Area on Sunday.
Dr Danagogo is the Secretary to the Rivers State Government (SSG), and was thanking God over his chieftaincy installation on the Chieftaincy Stool of Tubofiya 111, as the head of Da Tubofia Group of Houses, and for his reappointment as SSG.
Governor Fubara explained that as a good administrator, he does not stampede members of his team and workers before eliciting the best from them but has continued to create such atmosphere wherein he relates with them cordially to achieve shared goals and necessary objectives of government to advance the State.
The Governor said: “He is telling you the story of how he was re-appointed. I don’t know why he didn’t add the story that he was also compelled, given ultimatum, to resign.
“It takes a man who believes in something; it takes a man who is honourable and has integrity to stand by you. I want to say that this administration that I am leading will stand by you.
“You don’t need to worry about the BP drugs again because I don’t intend to give anyone BP. There is no Commissioner here that has BP. Before, you people used to have BP, but now, there is no BP. There is no Permanent Secretary that was always lying in the hospital and is still lying in hospital now because there is no BP.”
Governor Fubara stated: “For the fact that I won’t give you stress, even if I have to correct you, I will correct you with love, understanding that you are human beings.
“And when this is the relationship, you see efficiency and effectiveness, and you see how government is moving forward. That is what we do, and that is the secret of the improved health of my SSG, and the wife is no longer reminding him whether he has taken his drugs.
