Well-motivated staff essential for industrial growth, says NEPZA boss

The Managing Director of Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), Emmanuel Jime has said that the country`s industrialization drive cannot be successful, unless  workers’ welfare are prioritized. Jime  stated this in Calabar during a fact-finding and familiarization visit to the Free Trade Zone where he   assured  staff of NEPZA of   improved welfare as […]

The Managing Director of Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), Emmanuel Jime has said that the country`s industrialization drive cannot be successful, unless  workers’ welfare are prioritized.

Jime  stated this in Calabar during a fact-finding and familiarization visit to the Free Trade Zone where he   assured  staff of NEPZA of   improved welfare as motivation. 

Earlier, staff of NEPZA had appealed to Jime to give staff welfare the priority it deserves, and bring it at par with other sister-agencies in the country, in order to boost their morale and productivity level.

Responding, he said: “I am committed to staff welfare. From my experience in public life, it is my understanding that only a well-motivated staff can enable NEPZA to achieve its mandate, and drive Nigeria’s twin-agenda of economic diversification and industrial growth.

“There is a new welfare package coming, I want to assure you. And it is not too long from now. One of the first things I did upon assumption of office was to set up a high-powered management panel to look at the issue of welfare, salaries, promotions as well as contract staff, and advise me accordingly. I am suing for the cooperation of all staff of the authority.”