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How Nigeria Can Curb ‘Japa’ Syndrome — Experts

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1 year ago

April 13, 2023

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Experts in Human Resource Management, have opined that Nigeria can curb the ‘japa’ syndrome by having more flexible hours during work and also how the government can invest unapologetically in creative minds.

Addressing newsmen shortly after a breakfast meeting organised by the ITM Services Limited with the theme: “Business Sustainability; Employment Diversity, Talent Management and Staff Retention,” in Abuja, the Country Manager, ITM, Bukola Oyinlola-Anuwe, said Nigeria was a bit rigid when it came to working hours.

She said, “During our panel session, we spoke about innovation, what you need to do is to have industry best practices and move with the times. We know that nowadays, we’re looking at more flexible hours, Nigeria is a bit rigid when it comes to working hours. So now we’re looking at all these things that we’re going to start doing and start doing them differently and hopefully, this will curb the ‘japa’ syndrome. Also, we looked at compensation, making sure people are compensated rightly.

“Which will also include additional benefits apart from the normal compensation and one of the panellists did speak about having a package structure such that it’s not just the employer that gets the benefit. Some go to his family members, their children’s school fees are being taken care of, wife gets a percentage.

“We hope that all that was discussed today, a lot of the organizations that are present will take it and begin to apply it in their workplace and hopefully we’ll get to see some changes coming up.”

She noted that the organisation is looking to partner with the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Labour to push a better narrative adding that they would also conduct job fairs and more conferences.

In the same vein, Product and Business Development Director, ITM Africa Ltd, Rwanda, Lys Mwiza, said the federal government especially the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Labour, would need to include in their programs, employability skills.

She said, “I think especially the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Labor, they need to understand how to incorporate some skills in their programs as well like employability skills.

“Partnering with organizations such as ours, we can show you how to come up with employability skills programs for fresh graduates from the university, because even the UN employment report shown, shows that there’s a huge gap between what was the curriculum from the universities. Our education system is quite different from what employers are looking for.”

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Bauchi Commissioner Gifts 3 Students Cash For Prompt Resumption, Ability To Read

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4 hours ago

May 17, 2024

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The Bauchi state Commissioner for Education, Dr Jamila Dahiru, on Thursday, gave a cash gift of N5,000 each to three Senior Secondary II students of Government Science Secondary School, Misau for their determination to succeed in Education.

Two of the students, Adamu Adamu, Mustapha and Haruna impressed the commissioner for their presence in school in the first day of resumption while Abdullahi Musa marvelled her for his reading ability and comprehension.

According to the commissioner, the gesture was to appreciate their determination to learn as well and motivate other students to emulate them.

While paying a courtesy visit to the Emir of Misau, Alh. Ahmed Sulaiman, the commissioner disclosed that the Bauchi State government was working with stakeholders from the Misau Emirate to fine-tune modalities of temporarily accommodating the students of Federal Science Technical College, Misau at its Science Secondary School Misau.

She said the college made the request in a letter to the ministry stating that the facility given to them could no longer accommodate their students population, hence the resolve to convene the stakeholders meeting to fine-tune ways of sharing the facility for the betterment of the state.

She disclosed that government science secondary school Misau, one of the best in the state in terms of befitting facilities has the capacity to accommodate up to five thousand students, but currently houses about three hundred students.

She appreciated the Emir for his continued support to programmes and policies of the government with more emphasis on the education sector.

Speaking on behalf of the Emir and other stakeholders, a retired Director with the Ministry, Muhammad Musa, expressed gratitude to the Commissioner for the honour and promised to assemble critical stakeholders from the emirate so as to arrive at an acceptable decision for the benefit of all and sundry.

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NDIC Obtains Order To Wind Down 96 Microfinance, Mortgage Banks

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5 hours ago

May 17, 2024

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The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation has said that it has obtained Winding up Orders for 96 out of 183 microfinance and primary mortgage banks whose licenses were revoked by the Central Bank of Nigeria in May 2023.

The Managing Director, NDIC, Bello Hassa, revealed this at a sensitisation seminar for Judges of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday organised by the NDIC, to enlighten the judiciary on the intricacies of the banking industry.

Hassan said, “As at date, the Corporation had obtained Winding up Orders for 96 out of 183 Micro Finance and Primary Mortgage Banks whose licenses were revoked by the CBN in May 2023, in less than one Year of revocation.”

He added that the NDIC was committed to fulfilling its mandate of protecting depositors through bank supervision, failure resolution and liquidation so as to boost confidence in the financial system.

Speaking on the role that the judiciary plays in the fulfillment of the mandate, Hassan said, “We recognise the judiciary as one of our critical stakeholders. With this, when cases are brought before them, they can receive accelerated hearing and proclamation of Justice.”

Citing some of the achievements from previous editions of the seminar, Hassan said that instances where liquidation-related litigations experienced delays were reduced.

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JUST IN: 36 Speakers Back State Police

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6 hours ago

May 16, 2024

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Speakers of the 36 Houses of Assembly in Nigeria on Thursday expressed support for the National Assembly’s ongoing efforts to alter the 1999 constitution to create state policing in the country.

The Speakers made their resolution known at the end of their meeting in Abuja.

The Senate and House of Representatives are currently working to amend various constitutional provisions, including those regarding state police, financial autonomy for local government, fiscal federalism, and mayoral status for the FCT.

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