Productivity Centre, FIWON, STREETNET set to train informal sector on productivity techniques
The National Productivity Centre (NPC) partners with Federation of Informal Workers Organization in Nigeria (FIWON) and Streetnet International to provide specialized trainings and researches for sector players.
This was revealed last week when FIWON General Secretary, Comrade Gbenga Komolafe and his delegation paid a collaboration visit to NPC headquarters in Abuja. The Director General of NPC, Dr. Nasir Raji-Mustapha, while receiving the joint delegates of the Federation of Informal Workers in Nigeria and the Streetnet International, said that the Centre is positioned and ready to support all sectors of the economy in achieving growth and development through the deployment of productivity tools and techniques, trainings and surveys.
Following the FIWON and STREETNET courtesy visit, partnership agreements was reached between the due and NPC on the areas of: Organizing the informal sector for the reach of the Centre, Applied research on labour productivity and social protection in Nigeria, Inclusion of rights and freedom of street vendors into the National Policy on Productivity, Specialized training on tools and techniques for productivity improvement of the informal sector in Nigeria, Applied research on productivity and public place usage: A case study of Lagos State, Applied research on productivity and health conditions of workers in various sectors of the economy.
According to a statement by NPC Public Relations Officer, Victor A. Ainoko, a joint committee of NPC, FIWON and Streetnet International went further to put together a memorandum of understanding for the engagement in the area of research, training and organization of the sector.
The National Productivity Centre is an agency of the Federal Government under the supervision of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment saddled with the task of stimulating and promoting productivity consciousness in all sectors of the Nigerian economy, monitor productivity trends and lead the productivity movement in Nigeria to ensure a competitive and productive economy.
The Centre engages in developing the mindset of individuals and institutionalizing productivity culture amongst organizations for the enhancement of service delivery and quality of life through productivity promotion and advocacy, builds productive capacity through trainings, workshops and conferences, provide professional advises to organizations through consultancy services, deploy productivity tools and techniques to achieve improvement and growth through productivity & quality improvement programme and measure productivity through measurement and index.
