By Victor Akaa, Abuja
The Director General and Chief Executive, National Metallurgical Development Centre,Jos, Prof Linus Asuquo has advocated for more reward for outstanding performance in public service as enshrined in Public Service Rule(PSR) 150102 and 150107 as remedy to unproductivity in the public service.
The DG said this while addressing staff of his agency during the retirement get-together party organised in honour of Engr.Manasah Mbayi who retired as Assistant Director Metallurgy at the centre yesterday in Jos.
Prof. Asuquo, who was represented by his Technical Assistant, Engineer Yaskuma Usman extolled the enviable virtues of Engineer Mbayi to include dedication to duty, trust- worthiness, sound intelligence quotient among others.
He said, the secret of the ongoing strides and repositioning of the research centre would not have been possible without the type of dedications and commitments being exhibited by his staff at the centre.
The helmsman of NMDC said, now that FG has realized that metal industry is indispensable to the advancement and turning around the fortunes of the economy,the centre was poised to contribute its quota in moving the sector and by extension the country’s economy to a globally competitive height.
In his remarks, the retiring officer, Engineer Mannasah Mbayi, thanked the DG/CE for aknowledging hard work and commitment as the pivots on which successes revolve.
He therefore, appealled to other MDAs to emulate NMDC in terms of harnessing potentials and service delivery in members of staff.
Also speaking, the Director, Human Resource Management, Dr Aubakar Yusuf Tumi through the Assistant Director, Staff welfare ,Mr Uwaezuoke Nwosu said that with the solid human relationship established by the DG/CE within one year of his leadership at the center NMDC staff is not only working as a
team but as a family.
He therefore urged the NMDC management to sustain the tempo as it will serve as moral booster in service delivery.
