HIIT dangles N5m scholarship on children, strike ICT deal with PSIN - ITREALMS Online

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The Public Service Institute of Nigeria (PSIN) is collaborating with HIIT Plc to expand its ICT scope in line with global best standards of ICT  in the Public Service, just as HiiT dangles N5m worth of scholarship on children, reports ITRealms.

The collaboration is in acknowledgement of the pivotal role of Information Technology in driving the present day economy which is reflected in the introduction of process for Ease of Doing Business, e-Government, Cashless Economy and Paperless System Of Government.

PSIN is a Management Development Institute (MDI) with a mandate to provide competency-based and demand driven training to Public Servants, using information and cutting-edge technology services in order to enhance their professional, technical, managerial and leadership capabilities.

A press statement by the Head (Press and Public Relations Unit) in PSIN, Ekaete Umo, said the Administrator of the agency, Dr. Abdul-Ganiyu Obatoyinbo, would be establishing collaborative partnerships with relevant organisations to promote organisational excellence and long-life learning in the Public Service. 

According to her, HIIT PLC, an Information Technology Company that offers IT Training/Education, Solution Development and Services, Publishing, Outsourcing and e-Learning Solution Development and Implementation would be partnering with the PSIN to provide defined ICT services.

“As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility, HIIT PLC is offering Free Tuition And Training in Digital Literacy Course worth N5 million to children and wards of PSIN staff. The scholarship covers 160 participants.

“By this gesture, HIIT is ‘catching them young’ and helping to build the capacity of participants in Information Technology to enable them have a solid base to launch them into the technology driven age.  With a foundation like this, the new generation will smoothly key into the e-government policy of the Federal Government”, Umoh stated.

She said that Obatoyinbo is currently repositioning the PSIN to key into the transformation process and play a leading role in the achievement of the Strategic Plan of the Head of Service.

The repositioning is line with the transformation process of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation as contained in the Federal Civil Service Strategy and Implementation Plan (FCSSIP).

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Defence Ministry, PSIN collaborate on public sector governance

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The Public Service Institute of Nigeria (PSIN) has sought the collaboration of the Ministry of Defence to modernise public sector governance, reports ITRealms.

Other areas, ITRealms gathered of partnership include management and leadership development through transformational training.

A press statement endorsed by the Head, Press & Public Relations in PSIN, Ekaete Umo, said  the Administrator/Chief Executive Officer of PSIN, Dr. Abdul-Ganiyu Obatoyinbo, made these demands in Abuja during a courtesy call on the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Mrs. Nuratiu Batagarawa in her office.  

While commending the Permanent Secretary for the good work she is already doing for the PSIN, he said the visit was to express appreciation to Batagarawa for her support thus far and to solicit more support from the Ministry.  

He disclosed that his administration is poised to walk the talk to ensure that the Institute becomes a world-class center of excellence, capable of transforming public sector governance, management and leadership development.

The Administrator in his address to the Permanent Secretary and some Directors in the Ministry, said that the PSIN is being transformed and repositioned to operate optimally by developing and resuscitating moribund infrastructures and also building partnerships and collaborations with relevant Local and International organisations for.

Speaking further, Obatoyinbo informed the Permanent Secretary that the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita, recently commissioned an 80 seater capacity Computer Based Test Centre (CBT) donated by the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF).  

This, he added, has increased the number of computers in the Institute to 250 which now qualifies it to be used for JAMB examinations.  He said that with the use of modern learning and teaching facilities, the Institute can now engage resource persons and participants from within and outside the country.

In line with the Federal Civil Service Strategic Implementation Plan (FCSSIP) of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, to transform the Public Service, Obatoyinbo said the PSIN has reviewed its curriculum and developed programmes to build the capacity of Public Servants to make them Efficient, Productive, Incorruptible and Citizen-Centered (EPIC) as well as courses in entrepreneurial development and vocational skills training.

Obatoyinbo said that the Institute has conducted training for several MDAs and is currently arranging for a Bench-marking Study Tour to Malaysia and Singapore.

He requested the Permanent Secretary to find time to visit the Institute to see the transformation that has taken place.

In her response, Batagarawa expressed her delight for the visit to her office, adding that the visit was well timed as the ministry was about to commence arrangement for staff training.  

She assured the Administrator and his team that the Ministry of Defence will patronise PSIN most especially being a training Institute of the Federal Government with the mandate to provide capacity building to Public Servants.

Batagarawa commended the efforts of the Administrator in transforming Institute as well as the introduction of entrepreneurial skills development in the curriculum. 

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