Centre, stakeholders chart path to productivity improvement 

It will be difficult for Nigeria to improve its productivity level if the players in the economic space do not maximise their working tools and capital. 
   
Stakeholders, in a communiqué issued at the end of the National Productivity Centre’s 6th Foundation Day lecture held recently in Abuja, urged the Centre to expand the frontiers of its engagement with the private sector and render more services through her programmes. Theme of the lecture is ‘Productivity paradox: creating the pathway of growth and development’.
     
The communiqué also asked the Centre to train more productivity consultants and trainers to increase the number of productivity practitioners for efficient service delivery.  
   

The Federal Government should through the Ministry of Education ensure the legitimacy of education to all Nigerians as a prerequisite for institutionalising productivity culture and improvement.
  
“The Federal Government should deploy technology to further the ongoing fight against corruption through its agencies. The Federal Government through the Ministry of Education should ensure improved investment in technology, research and development.

The Federal Government should through the Ministry of Science and Technology strengthen innovation system infrastructure in both public and private enterprises,” it said.   
     
The stakeholders also urged labour unions to embrace the principles of collective bargaining to avoid frequent labour actions in the country, while ensuring cordial labour-management relations to improve productivity levels of organisations.