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The Director General, Micheal Imoudu National Institute of Labour Studies (MINILS), Comrade Issa Aremu, has vowed to consolidate on the achievements recorded in his first year in office.
Comrade, Aremu said this while addressing journalists at the premises of the institute.
“What we have achieved in just a year in office is an evidence that Nigeria can work, Africa can work, when we resumed here a year ago, we inherited a lot of decay, we inherited unkempt environment, we inherited very resourceful staff but, with low morale, low productivity, or let me say No productivity, we inherited lack of confidence by all the stakeholders in the capacity of the institute to deliver on its mandate, which is to educate workers, employers, government officials and addressed labour market issues.
“We have shown that the solution is not to be agonizing, but, we only need to organise ourselves to make a change.
President Buhari appointed me to make things possible and we are encouraged by the support given by the honourable minister of Labour, Festus Keyamo, and things started working, we reclaim the environment, today we turned decayed to serenity, to newness, and we have already renovated the existing hostels and more than ever before now, participant, rather than stay outside the institute, they now preferred and stay within the institute, which is also a good source of revenue for the institute.
“We also commissioned two important projects, within this record time, because we promised ourselvesves that we will never encourage abandoned projects, we continued where the previous administration stopped and here today we have commissioned 20 rooms hostel with the clinic, which is quite unprecedented.
“In the past 40 years we have been having a training institute with hundreds, thousands of workers, students and participants without first aid to give them support, and this particular health care centre has come a long way to give them a well being.
“We have also commissioned the enterprise and skill acquisition centre.
“But, above all is that morale is back for the workforce and let me also seize this opportunity to commend their productivity, it shows the capacity they possess.
“We have also resolved the issue of security, the first thing I did on my resumption was to bring Police and Civil Defense to secure the environment, this is a national asset, we can only secure the place with national security architecture.
“More importantly we have remodelled our curriculum because we strongly believe that workers are not just factors of production, they are citizens and they must know what is going on in the economy, politics, and security. It’s now clear that organized labour has come to appreciate our training. The Institute is fully back.
The DG, however noted that the institute is still work in progress based on the vision and mission of the establishment, said they are following the strategic plan agenda he set out to achieve within four years of his administration, 2021 to 2025.
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