The Director-General (D-G), Bureau for Public Service Reforms (BPSR), Mr Dasuki Arabi, says the agency is not out to witch-hunt or embarrass any Ministry, Department or Agency (MDA) of government.

Arabi said this on Tuesday in Calabar during the assessment of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) by the bureau, using the Self Assessment Tool (SAT).

He said the exercise was designed to engender improvement in the MDAs rather than witch-hunt.

SAT is a software developed by BPSR and approved by the Federal Government for assessing MDA’s performance.

According to him, the assessment is to check the status of the MDA’s to see areas where improvements are needed and advise them on how to address their problems.

“We are not out to shame and disgrace any agency.
“In fact, we are working with a team of experts behind the scene, the whole idea is to engender improvement in our MDAs.

“We are assessing the performance, agility, needs and also looking at areas we think government can come in to assist the agencies to upgrade.

“Nobody or agency should be jittery because the assessment is nice, polite and innovative and we do it together with the agencies.
“In fact, experience has shown that before even our reports are submitted, some agencies go ahead to implement what they think the report has shown,” he said.

Arabi, therefore, appealed to other agencies yet to be assessed to open their doors to enable them to carry out their function effectively to better the MDAs and their service delivery to the nation.

In a remark, the D-G of NACA, Dr Gambo Aliyu, said the assessment was necessary to objectively check NACA’s performance, in terms of governance, policies and procedures.

He said the agency used to asses itself in the past, using its own tools for better service delivery.

Aliyu, represented by the Director, Community Prevention, Care and Support Services, Mr Alex Ogundipe, however, rated the BPSR assessment as universal and standardised.

“This assessment will help us to be more objective than subjective and move to the next level by identifying areas we are weak and need to improve.

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“This is because, if you are not healthy as an institution, it will impact on the quality of your service delivery to the public.
“It is a good thing for you to look at yourself vis-à-vis your mandate, so you know where to touch for better service delivery,” Aliyu further said.