The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has
expressed its readiness to partner the Nigerian Institute of Management
(NIM) for effective training and capacity building of its workforce.
The Managing Director of NPA, Ms Hadiza Bala Usman stated this when she received the officials of the institute in her Lagos office.
The NIM delegation was led by its Vice President, Professor OlakunleIyanda.
Bala Usman pledged that the management of NPA would increase its patronage of the institute to train its staff and boost efficiency at ports.
Bala Usman pledged that the management of NPA would increase its patronage of the institute to train its staff and boost efficiency at ports.
The NPA boss also stressed the need for
the NPA and NIM to collaborate on special staff training that would
promote mutual benefits in terms of information sharing.
The quality of the training the NPA is seeking, Bala Usman said, must also be in line with international best practices.
The quality of the training the NPA is seeking, Bala Usman said, must also be in line with international best practices.
In his speech, Iyanda said, the
institute, founded in 1961, trains Nigerians in various disciplines of
human endeavors in states across the country.
The focus, he said, was to assist government agencies like NPA and others to instill prudent and efficient administrative management system.
The focus, he said, was to assist government agencies like NPA and others to instill prudent and efficient administrative management system.
He gave kudos to NPA for effective
participation of its personnel in its training programmes and urged its
management to encourage its personnel to take up top leadership roles in
the institute.
He also commended the long standing corporate membership of the NPA in the NIM which he said, dates back to three years after independence.
He also commended the long standing corporate membership of the NPA in the NIM which he said, dates back to three years after independence.
Iyanda said he was happy that the NPA competed and won the 2016 Mobolaji Bank Anthony awards of the institute.
He commended the awardees and advised the staff of the agency to increase their effective participation.
He also appealed to the management of
NPA to take advantage of the various training programmes of the
institute to boost the human capacity development of the agency in
tandem with international best practices.
Other top management of NPA at the meeting were the Executive Director Finance and Administration Mr Bello Koko, his counterpart in the Engineering and Technical Services Prof. IdrisAbubakar and the General Manager, Human Resources Yaya G. Buka.
Other top management of NPA at the meeting were the Executive Director Finance and Administration Mr Bello Koko, his counterpart in the Engineering and Technical Services Prof. IdrisAbubakar and the General Manager, Human Resources Yaya G. Buka.
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