Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has urged non-career
ambassadors-designates to treat all who visit Nigerian embassies, especially
the citizens, with respect and dignity. He
gave the advice at the closing of a five-day induction programme for the envoys
in Abuja on Tuesday.
Osinbajo
said government would remove the hindrance to effective service delivery at the
embassies across the globe. More
importantly, that we also recognise that everyone who comes to the embassies
and even Nigerians in particular are persons who need to be served with
respect.
That
they need to be treated with dignity; they need to be treated with the kind of
respect that people should ordinarily expect from those who say that they are
serving them.I
think that it will be very important that all of those who come to our
embassies feel that they are respected and that they are treated properly
whenever they choose to.
The
government will work very hard to ensure that we put in place all that is
required. We know that there are several challenges. Osinbajo
said that complaints from Nigerian embassies related to citizens not being
served well, being treated shabbily and lack of facilities.
The
Vice president gave assurance that the problems were being looked at and a lot
would be done ahead of the resumption of the ambassadors-designate.
Osinbajo
also urged the envoys to make personal efforts to familiarise themselves with
the policies and programmes of government in order to deliver.
He
reminded them of the three cardinal policies of the administration on the
economy, security and anti-corruption. He
requested the envoys to regard themselves as privileged and being given the
honour to represent the country.
Osinbajo
also explained that the ease of doing business programme of the administration
was crucial in the efforts to attract foreign investments.
He
said that the envoys had major roles to play in how people should perceive the
country as an investment destination.
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