By- Festus Obot
The Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) Prof Nnanyelugo M. Ike-Muonso has revealed that the Council’s Offices in the 36 States of the federation are to be upgraded to raw materials enforcement centres in line with the proposed amendment to the RMRDC Act 2022 currently before the National Assembly. Prof Ike-Muonso made this known when he addressed a cross-section of staff of the Council who are participating in the ongoing Performance Management System (PMS) training. The DG stated that the Bill when passed into law will empower RMRDC to enforce industry compliance on 30% value addition to local raw materials before export. Prof Ike-Muonso stressed that RMRDC remained the lifeblood of Nigeria’s economic growth and industrial development. He stated that once RMRDC gets it right, Nigeria will get it right.
The DG informed staff that the next phase of prosperity in RMRDC will require a workforce that is dedicated, efficient and has the capacity to move the Council to be among top rated government agencies in Nigeria.
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According to Prof Ike-Muonso, “every staff member has a duty to contribute to making RMRDC flourish, and the ongoing Performance Management System training is a strategy to establish a culture of performance, transparency, fairness and quality service delivery”.
Earlier, the Deputy Director Performance Management System Unit of the Council, Dr (Mrs) Udodirim C. Ugonna informed participants that the Council was moving into a new phase and the PMS training was the DG’s strategy to carry all staff along. She admonished participants to give the training the required attention at the PMS will henceforth be used to assess staff performance, efficiency and office attendance. Dr Ugonna charged participants to aim at achieving nothing less than 100% on all parameters of the PMS. She reminded staff that the days of paperwork were fast going away in RMRDC and everyone should rise to accept the reality or risk being left behind. The weeklong training has been described by a cross-section of the participants as timely, forward-thinking and in line with global best practices.
