Nigeria’s acting President Yemi Osinbajo has extolled the virtues of hard work, while addressing public and civil servants on effective implementation of the recently signed executive orders.Professor Osinbajo, said that public servant has a “special burden” to improve the lives of Nigerians. With that in mind he implored them to work harder. He said that the slowness of the civil service operations can affect the country’s economy,
“Every time that a public officer is an obstacle to business in any way he attacks the prosperity of our economy and he attacks our future, it means our children cannot find jobs”.
He also said, “It is important we understand that great nations and economies around the world are created by men and women not spirits. It is the hard work of men and women all over the world that make nations great. And Nigeria’s civil service is not just the greatest but the most educated in Africa.”
Osinbajo also said that the federal government “understands how important it is” to pay workers their salaries and as such, will ensure workers are adequately paid. “The president has been a salary earner all his life so he understands very well how important it is to pay salaries and will always see to that,” he said.
