By Diana Omueza
The All Progressives Congress – National Youth Advocacy Front (APC-NYAF) on Monday lauded the result oriented reforms in the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Services on improved services.
The National Coordinator of the group, Mr Jubril Ekwote, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the result oriented policies on-going in the agency was worthy of recognition.
“As one of the frontline youth group and foot soldiers that worked so hard, mobilised, canvassed and convinced Nigerians to vote for APC and in extension, President Bola Tinubu during the 2023 general election.
“We have the moral responsibility to follow-up, monitor, assess and make remark on the activities and scorecard of all Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).
“This is to ensure that they all live up to the task in this present APC-led administration and renewed hope agenda of President Tinubu,” he said
Ekwote said that the group had committed to assessing some MDA’s doing well and could confirm that the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service was exceptional.
“One of such agencies making serious headway is the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service under the leadership of the acting comptroller general, Dr GS Audu.
“The excellent performance and critical reforms Audu is putting up in the agency has convinced Nigerians that sometimes, when you want to effect positive change in an agency, you just need to appoint an “insider”.
NAN reports that Audu rose through the ranks, ascended to the position of Deputy Comptroller General before recently taking over as the comptroller general in acting capacity when the pioneer Comptroller General, Dr Vincent Isegbe’s tenure elapsed.
Ekwote said that since assuming office, Audu vowed to make business easier for agro exporters in line with the presidential business enabling environment council’s effort within the export environment.
He said that he was striving to enhance and fast-track exportation by expediting inspection and certification services, streamlining application processes and automating quarantine procedures.
“The acting CG, in his effort to curb double taxation has put machineries in place to optimise operations at interstate control stations and to eliminate haulage of agro commodities and eliminate illegal operators causing bottleneck on federal highways.
“As part of strategy to motivate and boost staff morale towards maximum output and repositioning of the agency for better service delivery, over 100 officers of the agency whose promotion was long overdue have been confirmed.
“With all these positive reforms and repositioning process for optimal performance and service delivery going on in the agency, we hereby pass a vote of confidence in the leadership capacity of Audu.(NAN)(www.nannews.ng)
