By Seun Adams
The Minister of Communications, Mr. Ibrahim Pantami, on Thursday night charged Heads of Agencies, Departments and
Commissions in the ministry to up their game and perform or they get booted out.
The Minister handed down the directive when the Director General of the National Information and Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mr. Kashifu Abdallah Inuwa, led NITDA management team on a courtesy visit to his office in Abuja.
Pantami, said parastatals under his watch must brace up for the challenges ahead, insisting that the assessment of their performances will be measured through laid down Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), on monthly basis.
He said: “Our responsibility in the ministry is very well known. Our mandate is to represent the President and do all on his behalf. My freedom is over and I can’t travel now without informing the president. I feel unconformable having too much security around me.
‘‘After the first year, the President will use KPIs to determine if we will be retained, if you fail to deliver after one year, you will be sacked.
“For this reason, we will come up with KPIs for all the agencies. We will put all the heads of parastatals under pressure because the President has put us under pressure and this will be reported on monthly basis.
‘‘From now henceforth, every action plan other than policy or law must be approved by the ministry. I encourage you to sit up properly. We are not here to just look at you but to take bullets on your behalf.
‘‘Be passionate about the work you do, be hard working and keep improving in uprightness.”
In his remarks, the DG hinted that they were in his office to express their solidarity for his appointment and expressed their readiness to work with him in order to realize the mandate of the ministry.