By Francis Akinnodi

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The National Productivity Centre (NPC) have called for the establishment of a centre in Ondo state to boost productivity of the private and public sectors in the state.

Director-General of NPC, Dr Nasir Raji-Mustapha made the call when speaking with newsmen recently in Akure.

He explained that the NPC state office in Edo state oversees Ondo state, which limits the capacity of the Centre to execute its programmes effectively in the state.

Raji-Mustapha said: “In our structural makeup, Ondo State is covered by the Edo state office but we are confident that can change if steps are taken to reverse the situation. We would be able to deliver our programmes to the people of Ondo state if the state government, can secure an office for the National Productivity Centre to deploy men and material to engage members of the society on productivity.”

The NPC boss also urged the state government to organize the public sector workers for ‘Productivity improvement and effective service delivery training’ across the state for improved performance and enhanced service delivery.

He said the presence of a state office would enable the Centre to organise productivity activities in the state that would ensure the installation of the Productivity and Quality Improvement Programme (P&QIP) in the state at very little or no cost to the state or enterprise.

He expressed hope that the Centre’s programmes would positively influence the economic growth and development of the state when an office is fully functional in the state.

He explained: “It is with this concern that the National Productivity Centre is leaving no stone unturned in making frank efforts at engaging, the government, business owners, employers of labour, and labour in productivity initiatives and activities that can change the narratives for better.

“The National Productivity Centre is a Federal Government Parastatal established by ACT (CAP) 70 of the laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 charged with the mandate to accelerate socio-economic growth and development of Nigeria through productivity improvement activities in all sectors of Nigeria’s economy.