Director General, National Productivity Centre NPC Dr Kashim Akor has asked Nigerians to demonstrate productivity by developing the mindset and institutionalising the culture in the citizenry through productivity awareness campaign(PAC),advocacy and capacity.
Dr Akor made this remark during a one day 6th ‘Foundation Day Lecture’ held at Nigeria National Merit Award House,at Maitama Abuja.
He stressed the need for indepth research in strategic productive areas for enhancing further productivity, competitiveness and economic growth.
Dr Akor maintained the need to promote human resources development for building a knowledge based society, through productivity training and awareness.
Dr Kashim Akor, Dr Sylvester Onoja, and other too dignitaries yesterday at Merit House after the Annual lecture
In his words,promoting organisational excellence and best practices to enhance profitability and growth through the installation of productivity and quality improvement programs.
“Promoting the application and adoption of cutting edge productivity improvement techniques and tools for productivity enhancement.”
“Production of annual productivity statistics containing sectoral productivity indices to guide national planning and private sector investment decisions.”
He also noted that strengthening of MSME’s through quality intervention will drive productivity.
“Networking and partnering with other National Productivity Organisations(NPOs) institutions and bodies locally and internationally for a nationally focused development.”
Earlier the Chairman of the occasion and resource person,Dr Sylvester Momoh Onoja harped on quality education,saying the foundation of productivity is quality education-
“Education suppose to teach you how to earn a living , earn a living is all about productivity.”
“Education should be legitimacy, the right people must learn and teach for effective productivity.”
In his key note address , Labour and Employment Minister,Senator Dr Chris Nwabueze Ngige said the history of national developement geared towards enhancing productivity has being seamless from 1962 to 2021.
He maintained that productivity remained a veritable tool used to determine real economic growth and development hence the need to utilise the available resources efficiently and effectively.
To enhance more productive environment,the minister said the ministry is committed to job creation,social security,occupational safety,industrial peace built on collective bargaining to enhance productivity across all sectors.
He said no nation can build it’s economic viability without required attitudinal changes,behavioural modifications by all in all areas.
Dr Ngige promise not to renege in building capacity at the center to enable it carry out it’s statutory mandates through review,funding and other needs.
He said the federal government is not unaware of the crucial roles productivity is playing in the macro economic and structural changes,technological ,research and development,invest more on infrastructure giving our population, education and training.
The minister congratulated the leadership of the NPC for sustaining the lofty ideas of the centre by. carrying out all it’s activities.
The Minster was represented by the Permanent Secretary,Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment,Dr Yerima Peter Tarfa.
