Politics
JOSEPH Ari, the Director-General, Industrial Training Fund (ITF), has urged the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) to weed out quacks from its fold.
Ari made the call during a courtesy visit by officials of the Plateau chapter of the institute to ITF headquarters,Jos, on Wednesday.
He said the activities of quacks were giving bad name to the organisation.
“Members of the institute should be upright, forward looking and have the capacity required to be in the system.
“In your desire to grow your membership, quality should not be compromised,” he said.
The director-general also urged the officials to bring new ideas, analyse government policies so as to be able to offer concrete and constructive criticisms as feedback for better performance.
He also said that Public Relations Officers (PROs) must constantly seek knowledge to be able to satisfy their clientele on their information needs, saying failure to do so would make them irrelevant in the field.
He urged the officials to write their names in the book of history by deploying PR measures to promote peace and shore up development in the state.
Mr Charles Homsuk, the Chairman of NIPR, Plateau chapter, said the visit was to seek the support of the ITF boss, who is a senior fellow of the institute, in their discharge of duties.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Plateau NIPR officials were elected in July to serve for two years.
The chairman commended Ari for repositioning the ITF to achieve its mandate of developing technical and vocational skills.
“We pledge our collaboration and a robust relationship toward creating understanding in training intervention and building good image for a united Plateau,” he said.
He said ITF was making giant strides in promoting, providing and encouraging the acquisition of skills in industry and commerce sector.
Homsuk said such gesture would facilitate the provision of indigenous manpower for the private and public sector and create employment for the teeming unemployed youths. (NAN)
– Sept. 4, 2019 @ 15:07 GMT |
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