NPA Honours 321employees

Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Malam Habib Abdullahi, said that the management was committed to the welfare of its workers.

Abdullahi said at the 2011 Long Service Award Dinner for 321 employees of the authority that the award would help boost the morale of staff.

“I promise to organise long service award every three years to boost the morale of the workforce and increase their productivity,’ he said.

According to him, the long service award is an age-long practice of rewarding employees who have excelled and served long years in NPA.

“This ceremony is just a token of management’s appreciation of employees for their meritorious service to the organisation.

“The ceremony is meant for employees, who have served between 30 and 34 years as the budget for 2012 could accommodate,” Abdullahi said.

In his speech, the Executive Director, Finance and Administration, Mr Olumide Oduntan, said hard work earned the staff the honour.

“ I dare say that your work has earned you great honour today. “ Permit me to refer to you as our elders in NPA, not just because of the number of years you have spent but more because your selfless service has helped build the organisation ,’’ Oduntan said. He said that the award recipients had laid a solid foundation which the younger generation of workers would build upon.