By Asma’u Ahmad
A season civil servant, Mr Abdullahi Mashi has on Monday assumed duty as the new Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Health.
The Director Media and Public Relations of the ministry, Mrs Boade Akinola in Abuja who stated this in a statement, said Mr Mashi stressed on the need to improve on service delivery at hospitals, particularly, at the Accident and Emergency (A&E) departments in order to address the current worrisome situation experienced by patients across the country.
Mr. Abdullahi Mashi
He charged the Servicom Department of the ministry to occasionally pay unscheduled visits to hospitals to monitor service delivery activities with the aim of ensuring proper work ethics and improving efficiency.
The new permanent secretary said with the high calibre of staff the ministry was endowed with, he was at home and willing to learn quickly
in order to acclimatise with his new office.
He also solicited for the cooperation and support of officials and members of the labour union in the ministry which, he said, was necessary for a peaceful working environment.
The directors took turns to welcome the new chief scribe of the ministry, and pledged their support and commitment to the success of
his tenure.
Mashi, an accountant by profession and an indigene of Katsina State, was deployed from the Federal Ministry of Communication.
Health Reporters gathered that the posting of the new permanent secretary followed the retirement of the former permanent secretary, Mr Clement Uwaifo.
