Trade Ministry to Introduce Performance Scheme
- By Simeon Ogoegbulem
- Published August 15th, 2011
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The new Ministry of Trade and Investment is set to introduce Performance Measurement Scheme (PMS) to measure the productivity of its workers. Olusegun Aganga, the minister in charge of the new ministry dropped the hint in Abuja while declaring open a three-day retreat organised by the ministry for directors and chief executive officers (CEOs) of parastatals/agencies under the ministry..
Aganga who lamented that the ministry had not played its major role in the past charged the staff to roll up their shirts for the huge task ahead. He stressed the need for the management to understand its role and its contributions towards the growth of the nation’s economy.
His words: “This ministry has to play its major role, if this ministry fails, it will not work. The way you look at yourself and your contributions have to change from now. By the time we finish this retreat we will understand our role in the transformation agenda of this administration. It cannot be business as usual. It has to be work, it has to be productivity”
The minister warned that staff that they would be measured in terms of their productivity “with our Performance Measurement Scheme, once we agree on what we need to do”. Aganga pointed out that the transformation agenda was to create economic growth in the country and ensure job creation.
He further stated that the ministry would focus on the implementation of mandatory skills transfer to Nigerians by foreign construction companies as well as develop industrial clusters for the real sector. The minister emphasized the role of the ministry in promoting private sector investment in order to ensure substantial improvement in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Aganga who lamented that the ministry had not played its major role in the past charged the staff to roll up their shirts for the huge task ahead. He stressed the need for the management to understand its role and its contributions towards the growth of the nation’s economy.
His words: “This ministry has to play its major role, if this ministry fails, it will not work. The way you look at yourself and your contributions have to change from now. By the time we finish this retreat we will understand our role in the transformation agenda of this administration. It cannot be business as usual. It has to be work, it has to be productivity”
The minister warned that staff that they would be measured in terms of their productivity “with our Performance Measurement Scheme, once we agree on what we need to do”. Aganga pointed out that the transformation agenda was to create economic growth in the country and ensure job creation.
He further stated that the ministry would focus on the implementation of mandatory skills transfer to Nigerians by foreign construction companies as well as develop industrial clusters for the real sector. The minister emphasized the role of the ministry in promoting private sector investment in order to ensure substantial improvement in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
