Prof. Isa Mohammed, the Chairman, Code of Conduct Bureau has promised to collaborate with the Mining Cadastre Office (MCO) to ensure its staff comply with the 14 Code of Conduct Bureau guidelines.
Mohammed, represented by prof. Samuel Ogundare, member of the Bureau made this known while presenting Mr Obadiah Nkom, the Director General of MCO an Award of Honour on Monday in Abuja.
He said that the award was to appreciate the contribution of MCO to the growth of the nation.
He said that MCO recently released some of its staff to participate in the sensitisation programme organised by the bureau for public officers, adding that it would appreciate to train another batch of its staff.
He said that the code of conduct has 14 guidelines but most MDAs were only acquainted with asset declaration.
“We are going round to sensitise public officers on the 14 guidelines not just only on asset declaration.
“The mining Cadastre has collaborated and identified with us; we are trying to make public officers to comply with the code of conduct as enshrined in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
” We know that MDAs do not know what we do in code of conduct bureau but the cadastre made some of its staff available for our sensitisation programme, this is worthy of recognition.
“We want to identify with the cadastre office and strengthen its ethical structure and ensure staff comply with the code of conduct guidelines that will make the business of the Government successful, transparent and accountable,” he said.
He said that some of the code of conduct guidelines include, a public officer avoiding conflict of interest, abuse of office, bribery and corruption among others.
Speaking, Nkom said that MCO would collaborate more with the bureau to move the country forward.
“ I feel challenged with this award, it is a call for more work and dedication to the service of our land; I see this award as reflection of work, we must be ambassador of code of conduct.
“I do my work not to earn an award but I do it with conscious based on Oath to serve and contribute to the growth of our nation. I will dedicate this award to all the staff of cadastre, it is not for me only.
” We don’t want to be seen as an organisation issuing mining licences only, we will collaborate with code of conduct bureau and we will collaborate with the EFCC and among others.”
