The staff and management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), at the weekend, engaged in a retreat, with a resolution to actualise recent Ministerial Performance Bond through proper implementation.
The performance bond was signed between the agency and the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola, two week ago, detailing government’s expectations from the authority.
Addressing the workers during the retreat, NPA’s Managing Director, Mohammed Bello-Koko said that the staff performance at the authority would now be judged, based on the ministerial bond.
He said the parastatal had no option but to work towards the actualisation of the ministerial bond which sets out the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for NPA and other agencies under the ministry.
“Distinguished colleagues, I am greatly delighted to welcome you to this very crucial meeting of minds which I believe holds the aces to the actualisation of the very audacious but achievable targets enshrined in the ministerial performance bond we signed a couple of weeks ago, and which we are duty bound to deliver upon in justification of our earnings and position as public servants.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the ministerial bond that has set out the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) by which we will be adjudged as an authority is in itself a derivative of a performance bond which the Honourable Minister of Marine and Blue Economy had earlier signed with His Excellency Mr. President”, he said.
According to the NPA boss, the retreat was further necessitated by the result orientation of the current administration as part of it’s plans towards revamping the nation’s economy.
He emphasised that the retreat was put together at great cost to equip the management staff with the understanding and clarity of purpose necessary for result delivery.
“As you will find out from the elucidations of our resource persons, every unit, section, department, division and directorate has a role to play in fulfilling the authority’s targets and just as performers will be identified and rewarded, underperformers will be found out and sanctioned.
“There are strict timelines attached to every performance indicator, so formulating performance strategies that cannot be implemented in quick time will be tantamount to an exercise in futility”, he said.
Bello-Koko said NPA management expects specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-bound input, output and outcomes that will stand the agency out “as pacesetters in the comity of Federal Government agencies.
“I am persuaded without any scintilla of doubt that if we activate our can-do spirit in addition to our knowledge, skills and experiences garnered over the years, we would not only meet but exceed expectations and make our dear nation a better place for us all”, he said.
