We Must Deliver On Our Mandate – Pantami Tells Staff Of Communication Ministry
BY GLORIA USMAN, ABUJA – The new Minister of Communications, Dr. Ali Isa Pantami has charged Directors, Heads of Parastatals and staff of the Ministry to uphold the tenets of team spirit in the discharge of their duties in order to achieve its mandate under the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.
Pantami, who stated this on assumption of duty at the Ministry’s Headquarters, Abuja, said that the Permanent Secretary and himself cannot deliver the mandate of the Ministry alone thus the need for cooperation.
According to him; “The responsibility is not mine alone and I belief the Permanent Secretary and I cannot do it alone. We must come together as brothers and sisters to deliver our mandate”.
“If we do what is right, history would be very kind to us, if we betray the trust given to us, definitely history is not going to be kind to us, because of this my message to everyone seated here, is to sit properly and ensure that the work is done and the work must be done.”
Pantami further said that the Ministry and its agencies must work as a team adding that he would not allow any division to take place, saying; “We must be united because all of us are Nigerians and Nigerians must be treated equally.”
The minister therefore urged agencies under the supervision of the Ministry to work with the mandate that established them saying that the Ministry would play its supervisory role.
Earlier in his welcome address, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mr. Musa Istifanus said the Ministry can help government to pull out 50 million people out of the 100 million people living below the poverty line within 36 months and to impact on the lives of those living in Nigerian villages.
He said; “We are doing away with physical files and adopting electronic files by the end of this October. The Ministry would no longer be carrying physical files. Any letter coming to the Ministry would be scan and responded to within 48 hours. This will serve as example for other Ministries to follow.”
