We equip staff with
survival skills for retirement –DG
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| Brig-Gen Ibrahim & Editors |
Address by the Director-General, NYSC, Brig-General
S. Ibrahim DSS PhD MTRCN, on the occasion of the Pre-retirement Workshop for
NYSC Staff held at New Keffi Hotel, Keffi, Nasarawa state, on Tuesday July 30,
2019.
Protocol
It is my pleasure to address you on the occasion of
this workshop organised preparatory to the exit of yet another group veterans,
who have contributed their quota to the progress of the NYSC, and by extension,
our dear country. Events of this nature
avail us the opportunity of reflecting on the grace of the Almighty God, who
has seen you through a successful career in the civil service.
My dear participants, while we celebrate your
invaluable contributions to the NYSC, the Scheme, in reciprocation, is
determined to ensure that you enjoy a life consistent with or even better
than what you had in service. This
informed the choice of the theme of this workshop, “Working Towards a
Productive and Comfortable Retirement.”
The objective is to equip you with the necessary information and skills
for survival in retirement.
I am aware of the difficulties your predecessors
encountered in accessing their retirement benefits in the same manner
experienced by next-of-kin of deceased staff expecting death benefits. It is worrisome to note that some officers
who retired over two years ago are yet to be paid their benefits till date.
This is a dangerous trend that must not be allowed to persist. This workshop has
therefore, been carefully packaged to
help assuage any premonitions you may entertain about retirement while also
providing you with necessary
information, including business and investment ideas for seamless transition to
the next phase of life.
To achieve the desired outcomes, we have invited resource
persons with vast field experiences to handle various topics during this
training. They include academics, private sector operators, Pension Fund
Administrators, Insurance Companies and the National Pension Commission
(PENCOM). This is to ensure that issues are addressed using multi-sector
approaches. I enjoin you all to participate actively so as to gain the
necessary ideas for a successful life in retirement.
Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, I wish to use
the forum to reaffirm my commitment to the welfare of staff as enunciated in my
policy thrust. We expected all members of staff to in turn rededicate
themselves to their duties so that collectively, we can actualise our goal of
taking the Scheme to greater heights. Let me also assure that while we strive
to better the condition of serving members of staff we will not forget the
sacrifice and commitment of those who have retired from service.
At this juncture, I wish to commend the Human Resource
Management Department for painstakingly planning this programme for the benefit
of our personnel who are on the verge of exiting service. To our resource
persons, I thank you for honouring our invitation, and urge you to bring your
competencies to bear as you address issues encapsulated in the theme of the
workshop.
Finally, while wishing you a rewarding engagement, it is
now my pleasure to declare this workshop open.
Thank you for listening and God bless.
Culled
from Selected Speeches and Strides of the 18th NYSC
Director-General, Brig-General S. Ibrahim
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Address
by the Director-General NYSC, Brig-General S. Ibrahim, DSS PhD MTRCN, at the
media parley with Editors , Bureau Chiefs and Youth Correspondents held on
Thursday, August 15, 2019, at Barcelona Hotel, Abuja.