The Federal Government is preparing to confer the 2024 National Productivity Order of Merit (NPOM) awards to deserving Nigerians and organisations, as the Minister of Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, recently inaugurated the selection committee.
NPOM is an award of the government of Nigeria conferred on individuals and organisations who are carefully selected for their contributions to productivity, job creation and development in the country. The award is organised by the National Productivity Centre (NPC).
Inaugurating the committee that will carry out the task of selecting the awardees for 2024, Onyejeocha urged the members to take pride in being entrusted with such an important national assignment and ensure the preservation of the integrity and quality of the award.
She went on to say that the committee, the fourth to be inaugurated since the inception of the NPOM award in 1991, “is critical to the process of selecting the awardees for the NPOM award for this year and the years to come.”
Onyejeocha harped on the importance of the committee’s assignment to President Tinubu’s ‘Renewed Hope’ agenda and to his commitment to unleashing the country’s full economic potential “by focusing on job creation, access to capital for small and large businesses, inclusiveness, the rule of law and the fight against hunger, poverty and corruption, by which productivity is the bedrock.”
The minister noted that the members of the committee were nominated based on their competence and dedication to duty and expressed confidence in their ability to justify the confidence reposed in them.
She appreciated the National Productivity Centre under the leadership of Dr Nasir Raji-Mustapha for the efforts put into promoting productivity initiatives like the NPOM awards.
Dr Raji-Mustapha stated that the NPON award was designed to recognise and honour at national and state levels, “the most productive individuals and organisations in Nigeria in the year of the award for achievements made in the three preceding years.”
He added that the objectives of the award include institutionalising productivity consciousness and excellence in service among workers and organisations in both public and private sectors in Nigeria and building and encouraging the spirit of self-reliance.
On his part, the chairman of the committee, Eze Duru-Iheoma, promised that the committee would carry out the task for which it was inaugurated with diligence and integrity.
The members of the committee were drawn from both the public and private sectors including Ministry of Labour and Employment, Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA), the Senate, House of Representatives, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF), Nigeria Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and National Productivity Centre (NPC).
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