President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has accused the leadership of the Federal Civil Service of slowing down implementation of his administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
He decried non-implementation of the administration’s well-intended programmes.
The President described as shocking that timelines for approved policies have deliberately been kept in abeyance by civil servants.
A source told our correspondent last night: “President Tinubu was angry with those at the top in the civil service and he did not hide his feelings.
“At a point during the meeting, the President expressed shock that the civil service failed to implement the N25, 000 Wage Award for workers since October until he placed a call from the AU Meeting in Ethiopia.
“The President told the top civil servants: ‘I am unhappy with the pace of work. The civil service is slowing down my Renewed Hope Agenda.’
“He said the civil service has not been responding ‘positively’ to the yearnings and aspirations of Nigerians.
“He complained that some of the approvals and programmes have not been implemented.
“He expressed concerns that the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Initiative (Pi-CNG) is being slowed down by the dilly-dally excuses by civil servants on the Procurement Act.”
