FG Flags Off Entrepreneurship Programme for Civil Servants

FG Flags Off Entrepreneurship Programme for Civil Servants

The Federal Government, through the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF), has launched the Implementation of the Federal Public Service Entrepreneurship Programme (FPSEP).

The FPSEP was launched by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, in Abuja, on Monday.

The programme, PRNigeria gathered, is for the benefit of interested serving and exiting Officers in the Public Service.

Yemi-Esan, in her keynote address, explained that the programme is a sub-initiative of one of the 6 pillars of the Federal Civil Service Strategy and Implementation Plan 2021-2025 (FCSSIP25), introduced as an avenue to cater for the welfare of public servants, across the country.

The HoCSF disclosed that some aspects of the FPSEP would create opportunity for those in Service to earn extra income, which will automatically enhance their lifestyles and wellbeing.

“It will as well enable those retiring to cope with life after Service, while contributing to the development of other sectors of the economy,” she said.

Dr. Yemi-Esan, who was represented at the event by the Permanent Secretary, Service Welfare Office (SWO) – OHCSF, Dr. Ngozi Onwudiwe, revealed that the FPSEP is of two components namely: Agripreneurship Start-up Scheme, which allows Public Servants to engage in farming while still in Service, and the Pre-Retirement Training and Business Start-up Scheme, designed to prepare Public Servants for life, post-retirement, by providing opportunities for them to acquire new skills for new career choices.

The HoCSF expressed optimism that the knowledge the participants would acquire from the training would be applied into agriculture and other business ventures, adding that a comprehensive curriculum has been developed for the Agripreneurship Start-up Scheme with six (6) Farms participating in the first batch.

The first batch of participants and beneficiaries of the Scheme expressed optimism that Civil Servants can now retire with adequate streams of income that will make them productive and energetic, even at old age.

By PRNigeria