BY Joseph Erunke
ABUJA—In a bid to remind its citizens of the need to develop a productive mindset, the Federal Government will, tomorrow, confer National Productivity Award on 20 Nigerians, who it said distinguished themselves in national productivity.
Eleven organisations will equally benefit from the award expected to be presented by President Goodluck Jonathan.
Among the recipients of the award is Lady Sandra Aguebor-Ekperuoh of the Lady Mechanic Initiative.
Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, who addressed journalists, yesterday, in Abuja, said the development was in line with the directive of Federal Government, which had, at the launch of Operation Excellence in Service on February 21, 1990, declared that February 21 of every year be observed as National Productivity Day.
Wogu said: "This declaration was further given a boost when National Policy on Productivity for Nigeria was approved by Federal Executive Council in February this year.
"A key point in the policy is the declaration of a day to be celebrated as National Productivity Day all over the country. A major component of NPD is the National Productivity Order of Merit Award, NPOMA, which is an award of honour and dignity conferred on the most productive organisations and individuals in Nigeria."
He said that 236 individuals and organisations had so far received the award between 1991 and 2009.
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