By Joyce Remi-Babayeju
The Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission NCPC, in collaboration with the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB organized a one day workshop for staff training on strict compliance with asset declaration and Code of Conduct in workplace.
The workshop which held at the NCPC Corporate office yesterday in Abuja.
This was contained in a press release signed Celestine Toruka
Head, Media & Public Relations , made available to Daybreak .
The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission, Rev.Dr Yakubu Pam in his address said, ” we are in Social Media era where speculations have become the order of the day , hence there is need for constant updating of information so that no one is found wanting.”
He noted that the Act setting up the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB enables it to enforce compliance for public servants in assets declarations, which is in line with the workshop.
According to Rev. Pam, Christians are the salt of the earth and the Commission must ensure that morality is not compromised by staff in the course of their duty.
He said, “NCPC will continue to ensure that all staff show high level of morality.”
He re- assured that the Commission would continue to represent the Bureau very well and would aspire to be the number one in the country in terms of compliance with the asset declaration principle.
He also promised that the Commission would collaborate with the CCB by taking the lead on ethical issues as CCB harps on ethics.
The representative of the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau, Prof. Samuel Ogundare thanked the NCPC boss for the support the Bureau received from the Commission, especially for identifying with the vision and mission of the Bureau.
He stressed the importance of the Commission for its ethical contributions to national development.
Prof. Ogundare emphasized that the CCB is enshrined in the 1999 constitution as amended and not an Act of the Parliament adding it that ensures that the actions of the public servants conform to the highest level of morality.
The first phase of this collaborative workshop comprises thirty staff of the Commission drawn from different departments, units and Zonal offices which was declared open by the NCPC boss.
