The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has said that it has trained 6,300 of its members on various capacity building courses both in Nigeria, as well as United States of America, Dubai and South Africa.
Immediate past President General of the union, Comrade Tony Nted stated this at the union’s recent 4th quadrennial national delegates’ conference which held recently in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.
A breakdown of the figure showed that 6000 of the workers were trained in various capacity building courses in Nigeria, while 300 members attended the training abroad. Nted said that his administration in the past eight years has been able to transform the union into a scientific union through constant re-orientation and training, adding that this was largely responsible for the peace and tranquillity enjoyed at the Nigerian ports presently
Speaking, he said “for those that really understand, staff development is akin to organization progression, any company of organization that wants to grow must first take mental development of its workforce important, for us as a union, we have been able to achieve this”
“Over the period under review, 6000 of our members were trained in various capacity building locally, while 300 members attended overseas training in countries like; USA, South Africa and Dubai among others”
Nted also said that the clement industrial atmosphere that the nation’s ports are enjoying today is as a result of hard work, education and holistic leadership style his executives had adopted on assumption of office.
“it is noteworthy that the era of lock-out or strike by dockworkers has now become history, this is as a result of enhanced condition of service that the union was able to put in place with the stakeholders which is also renewable every two years. Today, dockworkers enjoy medical allowances, housing allowances among others” he said.
Customs Will Soon Embark On Mass Training, Retraining Of Officers – Comptroller-General 5
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) will soon embark on mass training and retraining of its personnel, Retired Col. Hameed Ali, the Comptroller-General of custom has said.
Ali made this known during his visit to the headquarters of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) in Lagos.
He said that the bulk of the customs’ budget for 2017 was earmarked for the training and retraining programme aimed at building the competences of the officers.
Ali said that training and retraining of the officers became imperative in order to equip them to meet the challenges of modern customs’ operations.
“This year, the bulk of customs’ budget will be spent on the training and retraining of officers.
“We must all realise that in the Nigeria Customs Service and indeed customs all over the world, things are dynamic.
“Things keep changing, new protocols come up; the laws are amended and new equipment also comes up.
“So, without the training and retraining, there is no way we can meet the best practices expected from us,’’ he said.
The customs chief said that the service had installed Information Communication Technology (ICT) tools in all its offices to ease the operations of personnel and improve efficiency generally.
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