NEPZA boss promises improved welfare package for workers

MANAGING Director of Nigeria
Export Processing Zones Authority,
NEPZA, Emmanuel Jime, has assured
staff of the Authority of a new welfare package, saying only a well-motivated staff personnel could power NEPZA’s mandate of spearheading the process of
Nigeria’s industrialisation.

JIme who gave the assurance in
Calabar, Cross River State while
addressing NEPZA workers at the
weekend, said the duty of marketing
the Authority to the Nigeria and the
international community was incumbent upon all workers, adding, however,that “only a well-motivated staff can key into the noble agenda.”
NEPZA’s Head of Media Unit, Simon
Imobo-Tsam quoted Jime as saying that, “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.
“So, I am committed to staff welfare.
From my experience in public life, it
is my understanding that only a wellmotivated staff can enable NEPZA to achieve its mandate, and, hence, drive Nigeria’s twin-agenda of economic diversification and industrial growth.”
He added, “So, I am suing for the
cooperation of all staff of the authority.
Wherever they may be, we need to be
on the same page. I have come into office with a dream, a dream about NEPZA taking Nigeria to the next level, and I urge you to identify with the new vision.
And since history belongs to dreamers, join me – let us dream together for our country.”
On his trip to Calabar, Jime explained
that it was part of his fact-finding and
familiarization visits to the Free Trade Zones in the country to see things for himself to enable him formulate policy from a position of first-hand information.
“China’s economic magic is anchored around its innovations in the FTZs. And this is why we must market the concept to all industry stakeholders so as to remove all misconceptions, close all gaps
and do away with red tape so that our FTZs can attain the roles envisioned for them in the regulatory framework.”
Earlier, workers of the Authority
in Calabar had appealed to the new
managing director to prioritize staff
welfare, and bring it at par with other
sister-agencies in the country as a way of boosting morale and productivity.