By Seyi Babalola
The Lagos State Government has urged Vehicle Inspection Officers to come up with creative and innovative ideas to improve service delivery to Lagosians.
The charge was given at a training organised by the Ministry of Transportation in collaboration with the Office of Transformation Creativity and Innovation (OTCI), for VIOs as part of efforts to fast track the State Civil Service Reforms and equally promote the culture of creativity and innovation across the State Public Service.
Giving his opening remarks at the event which took place at the Headquarters of the Lagos State Vehicle Inspection Service in Ojodu, Lagos at the weekend, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transportation, Engr. Abdulhafiz Toriola lauded OTCI for continuously striving to ensure that government workers are awaken to the need to be ingenious at their respective desks, saying it is the only way they can make life meaningful to others.
Toriola reiterated that the primary responsibility of the Vehicle Inspection Officers is to ensure that all means of transportation plying Lagos roads meet the safety parameters as encapsulated in the Lagos State Transport Sector Reform Law, (TSRL) 2018, noting that by doing that the state may achieve reduction in road accidents.
The Guest Speaker, Director Creativity and Innovation for OTCI, Mrs. Anjous Ademuyiwa harped on the need for the officers and Public Servants to build a culture of innovation that is relevant to the present day. She urged them to change their perception and ways of doing things by shifting from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset.
Ademuyiwa re-emphasized the State Government’s desire for officers to constantly think of innovative ways to improve service delivery to the public, saying the aim of the Creativity and Innovation Project initiated by the Government through OTCI is to encourage Officers with lofty ideas/innovations that can transform their respective Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to come forward with such ideas for a greater Lagos.
