From Joseph Amedu, Lokoja
Moghalu
The occasion was also used to present awards and gifts to the immediate past managing director of the organization, Senator Olorunmbe Mamora who is now a Minister and to present meritorious awards to outstanding staff
While urging the staff to eschew indolence and be more pragmatic in their respective duties , he encourage them to key into his new vision of transforming the place into a pride of the nation.
According to him, he has come to make more friends and not to witch- hunt anybody but implored every staff to always exhibit their best at all times saying necessary motivations would be put in place to support them.
Moghalu who also urged the staff to always believe in themselves in whatever they do enjoined every staff to explore to the maximum their innate abilities in carrying out their duties
The MD thanked God for his faithfulness and protection from January to December this year and prayed that the new year will be a more prosperous year for the organization.
The staff who got outstanding meritorious awards include;
Sambo Mu’azu Jaji, former Area Manager, Lagos Area Office,Mr Istifanus Malgwi, former General Manager (RPE),Engr Sennuga A. Adedeji, former General Manager (Engineering) and Lawal Samuel Daniel, former General Manager (Procurement),
Others are Mr Ijachi David Ochoche, General Manager (Audit) who is due for retirement on December 25th and Engr Balogun, Olusegun Obaje Michael, former General Manager (Marine).
Also given awards were Lagos and Minna as best Zonal Offices while the Best staff of the year went to Ayo Oluranti Olufunmilayo of the Lagos Area Office.
According to the Managing Director, Dr Moghalu, The awards we gave were in two phases. One is to appreciate those of our colleagues who have contributed to the growth of this organisation and who have retired from service.
So, we called them to say thank you, we called them to appreciate them and to let them know that their labour was not in vain.
The other side are those who are still in service we recognise the area they have performed well in terms of revenue generation.
We celebrated the area that that had overshot the target revenue. We also celebrated our staff who after due consideration across the entire country we found her to be the best in times of performance reliability, commitment dedication to duty and what have you.
The essence of this is to encourage them and for them to know that their actions are being monitored for them to know that we are concerned and appreciate them for whatever they are doing.
What we have done is to encourage them so that everybody now will start working hard to be the best staff across the country. What we have done is to set a competitive bar for all the staff.
My charge is that I expect enhanced commitment because we have assured them that we will look after them we will do our best we will make sure that our agency is rated the best by every standard so to whom much is given much is expected so we expect our staff to rededicate themselves to take NIWA to the next level.
Speaking on the former Managing Director of the authority, Sen. Olorunimbe Mamora, the Managing Director said they felt elated that he was moved from there to a higher position.
“So we are very happy and that is why we gave him also an award to appreciate him for the services rendered as MD of NIWA and wish him the best in his new assignment.
On ports, he said. We intend to put our ports to to better and active use to get them more functional for example the Onitsha Port.
