The Enugu State Government has trained no fewer than 15,000 civil and public servants on e-governance and digitalisation to foster improved productivity and the seamless and smarter discharge of their duties.
The Enugu State Head of Service (HoS), Dr Godwin Anigbo, disclosed this on Sunday in Enugu while briefing newsmen on his achievements after one year in office. He said the figure followed the completion of the fifth batch of the Enugu State Civil Servants Digital Literacy Programme.
Anigbo, who assumed office on July 18, 2025, said the administration of Gov. Peter Mbah had given civil and public servants the necessary support and an innovation-driven vision to meet the state’s economic growth and expansion targets.
Speaking on training and development, the HoS said the state had completed the training of Permanent Secretaries on Strategic Policy Alignment and Disruptive Innovation between Feb. 10 and Feb. 13, 2026.
He also said a three-day workshop for Directors and Deputy Directors on Fiscal Stewardship, Strategic Oversight and Institutional Integrity in the Era of Disruptive Innovation was conducted between March 23 and March 25, 2026.
Anigbo said the Public Service Training Institute, which he initiated, was being established through the repurposing and upgrading of the Staff Development Centre.
According to him, the institute would not only serve as a training institute but also as a policy research, evaluation and think-tank institute.
The HoS said the new staff clinic at the state secretariat complex, which is being built by leveraging partnership and corporate social responsibility through the private sector, was close to completion.
Speaking on workforce management, Anigbo said his office, through the Planning, Research and Statistics (PRS), had maintained the state’s database by collecting, compiling, analysing and updating Nominal Rolls from all the MDAs in the state.
“This exercise would, at the snap of the finger, show the total number of the state work force, where they are posted, and their general status,” he said.
The HoS also said his office was currently coordinating the processing of House Renovation Loans, which attract a maximum of N1 million at a low single-digit interest rate of 6 per cent from the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria.
According to him, the loan would be given proportionately based on salary and had no further attachments to it except that the beneficiary must be a civil or public servant.
Anigbo further said measures had been put in place to ensure that every worker justified his or her pay, noting that the governor had graciously paid above the national minimum wage.
“To ensure that every worker justified his/her pay, the governor has graciously paid above the national minimum wage, we set up a monitoring committee unit in a department.
“The unit is saddled with the responsibility of monitoring of staff attendance in all MDAs in the state; while reports are generated from the field, analysed and queries issued to erring officers.
“At other times, their salaries are stopped to serve as a deterrent to others,” he added.
