ABUJA– It was a glorious night full of pomp and pageantry when the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria, the apex regulatory body for Human Resource Management practice in Nigeria, organised her 2020 Fellows Award and Human Resources (HR) recognition ceremonies.
The award ceremony attracted the crème de la crème of various top-notch organisations who are involved in Human resources.
Eighteen (18) deserving seasoned Human Resources Professional members of the Institute were conferred with the Institute’s highest professional grade – Fellows award at the ceremony held at the Prestigious Fraser Suites in Abuja.
However, the high point of the ceremony was when the erudite Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan was presented with the CIPMHR Icon Award
In the words of the President of the Institute, Mr. Wale Adediran, the honour was bestowed on the Hos in recognition of her feats in revolutionizing the Public Service by introducing and driving HR Standardised processes that are aligned with global best practices.
The President described her as ‘’ Chief Human Resources Officer of the Federation’’. This is not without a reason. According to Mr. Adediran, since assuming the mantle of leadership as Head of Service, Dr. Yemi-Esan has embarked on a ‘New Civil Service’ agenda that emphasized Capacity Building, a new performance management system(PMS), Digitization of service for Optimal delivery, Innovation service, focus on welfare of Civil servants, Data Analytics and Culture Transformation, among other critical strategic focus areas.
The President of CIPM commended the Head of Service for enabling the Charted Institute, in cohorts with her office to deliver series of performance management workshops involving two thousand officers.
He concluded ‘‘This highlight is just a little bit of the great feats of our very own Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, we know for a fact that she is not done yet…there is much more greatness and impact to come’’.
The Vice-President of the Institute, Mrs Titi Akinsanya delivered a heart-moving citation. She regaled the audience with the story of how the Head of Service once stayed in the office beyond 9 p.m.
At the time, Mrs Akinsanya was serving in the office reviewing the transformation process in the office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige eventually presented her with the award.
A visibly elated Head of Service, said she was overwhelmed and short of words to express her appreciation
‘‘I give God all the glory. It’s God that has helped me so far’’.
She dedicated the award to the Permanent Secretaries in her office and the entire staff of the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation.
