Training
By Olayinka Olawale
Lagos, May 3, 2018 (NAN) Mr Adewole Adeniran, Provost, Federal Training Centre, Lagos, on Thursday urged the Federal Government to reinvigorate training of civil servants, to check low productivity in the service.
Adeniran, who made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, said that many workers in the public service had not received any training since they were employed.
He said that training and re-training of workforce to update their knowledge was the best tool to foster better and effective public service.
The provost underscored the need for periodic training of civil servants, to expose them to latest developments as obtained in developed countries.
He said that training would improve workers’ skills, competency and facilitate competition in the civil service.
According to him, low productivity and waste of resources have been the bane of the public service in the country.
“If we do not train the junior and the middle level manpower who are the leaders of tomorrow, there is likely going to be succession problem.
“There are some of my staff that have not gone on training for 15 to 17 years; and they are trainers; they are expected to train people; it is garbage in, garbage out, you can’t give what you don’t have.
“Government needs to reinvigorate training into the system; train-the-trainer courses; because if you do not train them, you cannot get the best and they can only give what they have.
“it is the responsibility of the government to organise periodical training, to enable staff tocome in contact with modern trends in their profession.”
Adeniran identified the challenges confronting civil servants to include lack of training, poor infrastructure, laziness, poor welfare, poor remuneration and policy somersault.
“If you don’t train them, the workers will lack theneeded skill to do the work and by extension, productivity will not be as high as it should be; there will be waste of resources.
“With improved skills, a worker is able to reduce cost of production over time and display high performance.
“When you invest in human capital, it is for the future; it is not immediate; investment in human capital is never a waste,” he said. (NAN)
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Edited by Ifeyinwa Okonkwo/Nkechi Okoronkwo