The Ondo state government has reiterated the need for civil servants to stop revealing and leaking official secrets to members of the public, especially on policies, activities or decisions yet to be taken because of their spiral negative implications on governance and government actions.
The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Charles Titiloye, spoke while reading the riot act to top management staff of the ministry during a statutory meeting in his office in Akure, Ondo state capital.
Titiloye spoke against the backdrop of his experience in office when members of the public will be asking him of the level and state of matters or issues pending before him when final decisions have not been taken. He said such act is unpatriotic and it has the tendency to put the government in bad light.
Charles Titiloye reminded the officials of the implication of unpatriotic act of leaking official secrets which is against existing public service extant rules. The rule forbids officers from revealing secrets at their disposal except in performance of their official duties. He vowed to deal ruthlessly with officer fund culpable of such misdemeanor.
Speaking on the need for state counsels to be on top of their games because their pivotal roles in the administration of Justice in the state, he enjoined the directors to put in place effective monitoring and reporting system to measure the performance of officers under their purview to make the system work seamlessly..
While stating the need for state counsels to always be at their duty posts and attend courts promptly and regularly, the attorney general enjoined them to always inform the system officially whenever they are to attend courts or have reasons to travel outside Akure, the state capital, especially now that kidnapping of public officers by men of the underworld is the vogue.
He said this will prevent the state from experiencing avoidable embarrassments and payment of ransom as the governor is not willing to pay any ransom when the state is still battling to meet basic needs of its people.
