Rt. Honorable Dr Baffa Baba Danagundi assumed duty as the new Director General, National Productivity Centre NPC after the appointment by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and announcement on Saturday July , 13, 2024.
His announcement was greeted with loud ovation among Labour stakeholders particularly his experience with the downtrodden, public service and politics of cosmopolitan Kano state and by extension the entire country.
As the new helmsman taking over the wholly training and research centre is expected to chart a new productivity process capable of resolving the lingering wage , labour and productivity commensurate to both the public and by extension the private organizations.
Coming from the head of a state agency as the maiden Chief Executive of the newly created Kano State Transport Authority KAROTA, with versed experience and knowledge in lawmaking and administration, no doubt he is expected to make a lot of wave in piloting the affairs of the centre.
With the strong belief that leadership at states like Kano, Lagos and Rivers state will be laced with enormous wealth of experiences to pilot the affairs of any national and quasi government organization at the national level, capable of driving the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
His appointment came at a time when the lingering minimum wage issue was been resolved, the proposed productivity-link- wage was been muted and the need for continuous and wholistic training and retraining of both private and public workforce is desiring in the country.
The need for synergy among training institutions in the country along with Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government, so as to take the country to another level in line with the best and modest practices, as obtainable in developed and developing countries in line with the best practices.
Charity they said begins at home ,the urgent need to improve staff welfare in all ramifications, create more incentives that will attract work place , dedication to duty and diligence as well as loyalty to the constituted authority.
As a hub of training, research and development, it is also high time to improve on the quality of training, handlers and resource persons particularly consultants among many others, so as to galvanize and reposition the activities of the agency.
The need for more efforts to restore confidence in the ability of the organization in line with the president’s template of transparency and accountability as well as probity in the internal affairs and the workings of the centre.
No doubt, with his appointment, he will attract more activities, particularly the synergy with the National Assembly members to reach out to their constituents their constituency projects, with his background as a former state lawmaker to the consternation of the public.
It is expected of Rt. Honorable Dr Baffa Baba Danagundi to triple the current constituency projects status , so as to attract more development to the nooks and crannies of the country.
All hands must be on deck to continue with the initial leadership acumen displayed by the new Director General, National Productivity Centre NPC, so as to take the centre to Eldorado.
*YUSUF writes from Abuja he can be reached on [email protected].
