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ITF
By Martha Nuhu
Jos, Oct. 20, 2016 (NAN) The Director-General, Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Mr Joseph Ari, has urged the staff to be good ambassadors of change and imbibe positive work attitude and values to achieve the agency’s mandate.
This is according to statement by the Head, Public Affairs Unit of the fund, Mr Abdul-Rasak Adeniran, on Thursday in Jos.
Ari, while addressing staff during his maiden Interactive Forum, identified indiscipline and other negative attitudes as obstacles to the realisation of the fund”s corporate goals.
“I charge you to be good ambassadors of change and imbibe positive work attitudes and values that would guarantee the achievement of the agency’s mandate and economic diversification of the Federal Government.
“To my mind, the utmost impediment to our corporate achievement is the rampant indiscipline, which manifests itself in late coming, absenteeism, truancy and other negative work attitudes.
“These have occasioned a situation whereby some few work tirelessly day and night for the good of the ITF,’’ he said.
Ari warned that the management “would do all it takes to stamp out such attitudes,” the statement said.
He reminded the staff that the economic diversification programme of the Federal Government was reliant on interventions from organisations such as the ITF.
“Therefore, the need for a change in the Fund’s work processes and the individual mentality is paramount.
“The economic diversification programme embarked upon by President Muhammadu Buhari, imposes on us additional responsibilities.
“It requires us more than ever before to equip more Nigerians with the relevant skills to not only ensure its success but for employability and entrepreneurship to be able to take advantage of the opportunities that will be opened up by the programme.
“Therefore it means that we must do more, It also means that we must change our processes and individual mentality,’’ Ari said.
The director-general urged the workforce to key into the change mantra of the Federal Government and make themselves to be good ambassadors of the change by displaying ethos attitudes and values.
Ari identified accelerated skills development as the surest way for the nation to overcome the prevailing economic challenges.
He also said that for that to happen, the staff must generate fresh ideas and initiatives to develop the nation’s human capital and reinvigorate the industries.
“I need not remind you that Nigeria is in an economic recession and the surest and perhaps the only way out of the recession is through accelerated skills development specifically and human capital development generally.
“As the leading skills development institution, Mr. President and indeed all Nigerians expect a lot from us and we cannot afford to betray that trust.
“We must therefore attend to our duties with utmost commitment and total dedication.
“I expect nothing less from you. We must be innovative and creative and work in such a way and manner that will develop the human capital to revamp and reinvigorate the industries once more,” he said.(NAN)
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(Edited by Adeleye Ajayi)