The Executive Secretary/CEO of the National Sugar Development Council (NSDC), Mr Kamar Bakrin, has said there would be commensurate consequences for good and bad behaviour as part of measures to instil discipline and sanity in the work place.
The NSDC boss said this on Tuesday during a sensitisation workshop for staff organised by the Anti-corruption Unit of the Council.
Mr Bakrin commended the resource person from the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Barr. Adebimpe Abodunrin, for her ‘brilliant’ presentation titled: “Sustaining Organisation Integrity Through Behavioural Change Approach.”
ACTU is an initiative of the ICPC which is meant to ensure the localisation of anti-graft guidelines in the internal operations of all federal government agencies.
“I have learnt quite a lot in terms of what constitutes integrity and corruption. Without taking a textbook approach, the presenter has been able to walk us through, brilliantly, a wide range of thought-provoking areas.”
“I must congratulate the members of ACTU because we have come out quite well in the ranking. We should use that to congratulate ourselves especially the chairman of ACTU who I know has tirelessly worked towards this.”
Mr Bakrin laid emphasis on one of the challenges that Barr. Abodunrin highlighted, which is the role of the management in ensuring integrity in the work place.
“I want to speak very briefly on the issue of consequences. When there are no consequences for actions in any organisation, be it positive or negative, those things mean nothing.
“People who do well will be compensated better, will be promoted faster and will get better opportunities to further develop themselves and same goes to those who don’t. I am hoping and trusting that we will have very few negligible cases of negative action,” he added.
“I am sure in three months that I have been here, approaching four months now, we can already see a sign that there will be consequences for actions, whether positive or negative. This is a commitment that I am making to you, and as well as making to us. Otherwise, there is no way we can guarantee that we will continue to improve as an organisation.
“I trust that my colleagues will cooperate in ensuring that we have very few cases of this negative actions and that rather, what we will continue to see is a lot of rewards for exemplary behaviour and this is the journey that I want us all to take as we go ahead,” he noted.
In her earlier presentation, Barr Abodunrin, harped on the importance of upholding integrity and adhering to anti-corruption guidelines within the NSDC, adding that the Council has excelled impressively in its recent score and record with the anti-graft body.
As a consequence of NSDC’s strict adherence to the anti-corruption rules in its operations in recent times, the ICPC representative announced that the Council would be spared of any form of scrutiny throughout this year.
In his earlier opening remarks, the Director, Executive Secretary’s Office who doubles as the chairman of ACTU in the Council, Mallam Ahmed M. Waziri, took the gathering through the history and evolution of the body, commending the Executive Secretary, other management staff and ACTU members for contributing significantly to the success that has been recorded.
Other members of management present at the session were the
Acting Director, Policy Planning Research and Statistics, Mr Babangida Damare; Interim Coordinator of the Nigeria Sugar Institute (NSI), Ilorin, Dr Abiodun Adeyemo; the Acting Head of Procurement who doubles as the Secretary of ACTU, Madam Lilly Affiong; Acting Head of Technical Services, Mr Bala Ladan; Acting Head of the Human Resource Management, Madam Okida Kaka-Senchi; the Special Adviser to the Executive Secretary, Mr Teslim Bello; and Assistant Director in the PPRS Department, Hajiya Fatima Bobbo.
