Rivers
Don Charges Retirees On Investment In Agriculture, Real Estate
A lecturer at the Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic (KENPOLY), Rivers State, Dr Stanley Diepiriye Davies, has charged Civil Servants in the institution to invest in Agriculture and real Estates management before and during retirement than invest in frivolous ventures.
He stated this while delivery a lecture at a One-Day Workshop for all Non-Teaching Staff of the Polytechnic organised by the institution.
Davies, who lectures in the Accountancy Department, called on Civil Servants to prepare physically, financially and physiologically for retirement.
He admonished would be retirees to prepare for their retirement than buying clothes and lands in rural areas that do not have economic values.
The lecturer, who described retirement as a withdrawal from a profession, Service and occupation, advised retirees to invest wisely for the future.
According to him, a Civil Servant may retire from active service voluntarily, Statutorily or on medical condition, noting that staff retirement is necessary and unavoidable.
Another Lecturer, Dr. Edwin Dapp, who Delivered a lecture with the theme, “Effective Time Management”, admonished teaching and non-teaching staff of KENPOLY to make judicious use of their time
Describing time as a period allotted to a person for productivity, Dappa said, time is precious to life, saying that time do not reduce quality or reduce quantity.
He called on staff of the Polytechnic to ensure corporate time at their workplace
Earlier, the Registrar of the school, Dr. Emmanuel Onwuka, said the workshop was conceived to reintroduce staff to the work ethics of the Polytechnic which, he said, has been ignored for some time.
Onwuka said the reorientation is aimed at giving the entire non-teaching staff a new sense of belonging in the chemistry of administrative knowledge.
“When the right tool of instruction is given to a staff, he will enjoy job satisfaction which will in turn lead to greater productivity”, he said.
He charged the staff to take their work seriously, avoid act of indiscipline, and avoid disloyalty to constituted authority
“Take your work seriously and avoid any act of indiscipline and disloyalty to constituted authority. Come to work regularly and carry out your duties diligiently as there will be zero tolerance for abseetism”, he said.
Chinedu Wosu