The Federal Government has disclosed plans to assist the Centre for Management Development to increase its capability for institutional capacity and human resources development to aid effective delivery of government’s economic plans.
The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udo Udoma, told members of staff of the centre that Nigeria was blessed with a lot of human and natural resources, which needed better management to harness their full potential.
As an institution set up by government to provide management training, the minister, according to a statement by his Media Adviser on Sunday, Mr. Akapandem James, said the CMD had an important role to play in improving the quality of management in Nigeria.
The minister explained that he was at the institution to examine the state of facilities at the centre and to encourage the management to brace for the task ahead in achieving the implementation of the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan.
The statement quoted him to have said, “We came in as a government determined to change Nigeria, determined to change the way things are being done, to change Nigeria from a nation of consumers to a nation of producers.
“So we want fundamental change and we have been working to put together a series of policies to achieve that; and that is what is contained in the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan. As a parastatal under the Ministry of Budget and National Planning, the CMD has a critical role in the ERGP.
“As the coordinating ministry, we have to be at the vanguard of its implementation. I, therefore, want everybody in the Centre for Management Development to familiarise themselves with the details of the plan and to take responsibility for promoting and assisting in the implementation of the plan.”
The Director-General, CMD, Dr. Kabiru Usman, while pointing out that there were several challenges the management was battling with, commended the minister for the improved budgetary allocation this year as compared to previous years.
