Housing Ministry’s Staff Wins EPIC Award At 2025 International Civil Service Day

Dr. Bamidele Ibrahim Kogbe, an Assistant Chief Administrative Officer in the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development has won an EPIC Award for the 2025 International Civil Service Day celebrated in Nigeria

The EPIC award was instituted by the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Didi Esther Walson-Jack for federal civil servants who distinguished themselves in the service at their various Ministries, Departments and Agencies.

The acronym EPIC stands for Efficient, Productive, Incorruptible, and Citizen-Centered. It represents the core values and a culture change initiative which the office of HCSF is actively promoting through various means.

The award ceremony which took place at the state house banquet hall was part of activities celebrating the 2025 international civil service day in Nigeria.

Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, Dr.Shuaib Belgore in company with some Directors of the ministry were on hand to witness the award giving ceremony, along with the immediate past Permanent Secretary, Dr. Marcus Ogunbiyi, now in Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security.

The Housing Sector stole the show with the Directors and two Permanent Secretaries  dancing and rejoicing with the awardee.

Dr. Kogbe holds a PhD in Politics and International Relations from the University of Dundee, UK, and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Public Administration of Nigeria.