Business
Ex-Registrar Charges Workers On Commitment
The immediate past Registrar, Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu, Barrister Barth Ezea, has expressed fears that unless Nigerian workers, especially those in the public sector imbibe the culture of total commitment to duty, Nigeria as a nation, may continue to witness a dwindling economy which is capable of denying her the quest of becoming one of the leading countries with the topmost economies in the year 2020.
Nigeria, he said, is backward today because its workers do not put in their best in their various places of work, stressing the need for reorientation for the nation’s workers, as well as regular training and retraining of workers especially those manning the human resource department, in private or public sectors.
Ezea, made this known during a “Free Peak Performance Workshop” organised as part of its corporate social responsibility by an Enugu based human resource management consultancy firm, AMPG Nigeria, in which over 50 personnel managers from the public and private sector organizations in Enugu state participated.
He further noted that as the driving force of any organization, managers of human resource units in any outfit should be adequately empowered to enable them attain peak performance level “because effective human resource management is the key to high productivity in any organization”
While applauding AMPG management, for the initiative, Ezea, identified poor productivity among workers in the public sector as one of the factors militating against the development of the nation’s economy.
A director, in charge of education department in the organization, Mrs. Abigail Okoro, during her presentation explained that the free training exercise was informed by the alarming low and poor performance among the nation’s workers in various sectors.
Mrs. Okoro explained that the sole aim of the training workshop with the theme: “Maximizing Our Potentials in the Workplace” was to help people to embrace peak performance in their various places of work, adding that the company was born with a view to contributing its quota towards the development of the nation’s economy.
Participants were drawn from Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), Coca Cola PLC, various state ministries, parastatals, and departments among others.
Business
NAFDAC Decries Circulation Of Prohibited Food Items In markets …….Orders Vendors’ Immediate Cessation Of Dealings With Products
Importers, market traders, and supermarket operators have therefore, been directed to immediately cease all dealings in these items and to notify their supply chain partners to halt transactions involving prohibited products.
The agency emphasized that failure to comply will attract strict enforcement measures, including seizure and destruction of goods, suspension or revocation of operational licences, and prosecution under relevant laws.
The statement said “The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has raised an alarm over the growing incidence of smuggling, sale, and distribution of regulated food products such as pasta, noodles, sugar, and tomato paste currently found in markets across the country.
“These products are expressly listed on the Federal Government’s Customs Prohibition List and are not permitted for importation”.
NAFDAC also called on other government bodies, including the Nigeria Customs Service, Nigeria Immigration Service(NIS) Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Nigeria Shippers Council, and the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS), to collaborate in enforcing the ban on these unsafe products.
