Industry stakeholders have commended the current management of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) for repositioning the agency to impact the lives and businesses.
The stakeholders, in a statement, by the Secretary General of Manufacturing, Construction, Automobile and Textile Stakeholders Forum (MCATSF), Alhaji Ibrahim Musa, commended the Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of the ITF, Dr. Afiz Ogun Oluwatoyin, for his purposeful leadership, and pragmatic re-engineering of the organisation.
“The Director General/Chief Executive Officer of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Dr Afiz Ogun Oluwatoyin, is very sincere and is increasing awareness about training initiatives within the economy aside impacting the lives and livelihoods of millions of businesses in Nigeria,” Musa said.
He also praised Oluwatoyin’s unrelenting efforts at changing the face of the organisation in all fronts, harnessing the potential of the youth, driving economic growth, beefing up revenue generation for the agency and empowering artisans in Nigeria with the knowledge, tools and resources needed to succeed in their respective fields.
The statement excoriated a group, Concerned Workers, over a statement credited to it, saying they were fictitious and misleading the public about the organisation.
“The attempt by the fictitious group to cast aspersions on the integrity of Oluwatoyin by making unsubstantiated allegations about him and the organisation is unfortunate.
“The report is defamatory, insulting and entirely fictitious. This is just an attempt to deceive and mislead the public. All the allegations centred around the pull down syndrome on the part of some people, who are insisting on the old order of corruption, anarchy and insanity,” Musa added.
He advised mischievous elements in the organisation to forsake the club of evil doers and the society of organised dishonesty.
“This is a man with tremendous energy. Oluwatoyin is a straightforward and hardworking Nigerian. He is also a strict disciplinarian, quietly efficient and has a reputation for accountability. Some people have told a lot of lies about the organisation,” the statement stressed.
The statement emphasised high degree of honesty, morale and productivity, passion for efficiency, conducive atmosphere, adherence to procedure, consultation, delegation of authority and concerns about competence that currently prevails in the organisation, and therefore praised Oluwatoyin for his impressive performance, visionary attributes, expertise and profound understanding of the goals of the organisation.
It listed operational changes in the organisation, technical and entrepreneurial development as well as advisory services on micro, small and medium enterprises as key achievements of Oluwatoyin.
