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CIPM president appointed as AHRC secretary
The President and Chairman of the Governing Council of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria, Olusegun Mojeed, has been appointed to the 2022-2023 Executive Board of the African Human Resource Confederation as the Secretary-General.
The appointment comes after his previous position as the First Deputy Secretary General in the 2021/2022 Executive Board.
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Musikilu Mojeed: Bearing witness to history, By Kayode Fayemi
Musikilu Mojeed: Bearing witness to history, By Kayode Fayemi
As our country proceeds in search of a new leader, there’s a lot of leadership lessons to glean from Baba Obasanjo’s remarkable life – from his success and also from his foibles. While many of us may not appreciate the worth of Obasanjo now, just the way Winston Churchill was rejected at the polls in the aftermath of his World War Two victory, only for him to be reelected prime minister later and…
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Nigeria not living up to ‘giant of Africa’ status – Obasanjo
Nigeria not living up to ‘giant of Africa’ status – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said Nigeria is not living up to the status of ‘giant of Africa.’
Obasanjo made this assertion on Thursday at the launch of ‘”The Letterman”, a book authored by Musikilu Mojeed, Premium Times editor-in-chief.
The former president said Nigerians should not blame God for their problems but themselves.
The book focuses on letters written by Obasanjo.
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Blame Nigerians for if failures, not God - Obasanjo
Blame Nigerians for if failures, not God – Obasanjo
Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has said Nigerians should be blamed for its failures and not God, saying the country has not lived up to its label as the giant of Africa.
Obasanjo stated this yesterday during the official launch of The Letterman, a book authored by the Editor-in-Chief of Premium Times, Musikilu Mojeed in Abuja.
The former president said, “I believe that God is a…
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We Should Blame Ourselves, Not God For Nigeria’s Failures, Says Obasanjo
We Should Blame Ourselves, Not God For Nigeria’s Failures, Says Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said Nigeria should not blame God for the country’s failures since it gained independence from Britain in 1960.
The statesman said this on Thursday at the launch of a book by the Editor-in-Chief of Premium Times, Musikilu Mojeed, titled “The Letterman: Inside the ‘Secret’ Letters of former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo” in Abuja.
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BUSINESS NEWS: CIPM president appointed as AHRC secretary
BUSINESS NEWS: CIPM president appointed as AHRC secretary
Publish date: 2022-07-19 23:26:02 | Author: Henry Falaye | Source: punchng.com
The President and Chairman of the Governing Council of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria, Olusegun Mojeed, has been appointed to the 2022-2023 Executive Board of the African Human Resource Confederation as the Secretary-General.
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Nigerians drag China to court over COVID-19 pandemic, demand $200bn compensation
Nigeria - Twenty-five Nigerians have filed a lawsuit against the Peoples Republic of China before the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court over its alleged culpability in the spread of the novel Coronavirus and are demanding a $200 billion compensation over the effects of the pandemic on their livelihoods.
A team of 11 Senior Advocates of Nigeria ((SANs) and other lawyers led by Professor Epiphany Azinge (SAN) filed the lawsuit. The lawyers say the COVID-19 pandemic started due to their negligence, nuisance, and breach of environmental and humanitarian rights of the Chinese government. The defendants in the suit were listed as the Peoples’ Republic of China, Communist Party of China, Minister of Justice China, Minister in charge of the National Health Commission, National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan Institute of Virology and Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.
The claimant in the class action instituted for themselves and other Nigerians affected by the COVID-19 pandemic include; Kingsley Obioha, Shehu Mohammed Bello, Goodrand Nigeria Limited, Chief Ekene Ebuzeme, Prince Akin Oladipo, Sir Mark Olajide, Mr. Tanko Beji, Chief Victor Nwosa, Chidi Onwuemere, Pasaya Travel and Tours Limited, Trips Shop Limited, Mrs. Susan Akporiaye, Carolyn Asoanya, Jerry Azinge, His Royal Majesty Williams Ezugwu, Ogugua Ogosi. Others are Ayobami Bakare, Olusegun Nelson, Oshineye Adebowole, Adeolu Odusesan, Yinka Omotosho, Mojeed Adelakun, Ajetoke Oyekan, Abdulhakeem Adeleke and Ademola Toromade.
According to the 1st Claimant, Kingsley Obioha, a young erudite lawyer who represents the class of legal practitioners in the country, the legal practitioners in the country on account of the pandemic have been unable to conduct legal business and make appearances in court.
“The class due to the impasse and the attendant restrictions continues to incur heavy financial losses” Obioha said
In the same vein, Shehu Bello, the 2nd claimant and a Bureau de change operator representing the class of forex traders carrying on business across the country, argued that the forex market was shut down due to the pandemic, causing many forex traders to lose huge returns.
“Most of the operators lost their capital because of the pandemic and with the easing of restrictions are witnessing a volatility of the market leading to a decline in investment,” the claimant said
They accused China of failing to act in accordance with the Articles and the provisions of the International Health Regulations, 2005 which it equally ratified on June 15, 2007 (the IHR) and failing to promptly inform the World Health Organisation (WHO) of its discoveries relating to Covid-19. They argue that China’s action constitutes a breach of the above Articles, and admittedly an express neglect of an international obligation.
Among the reliefs sought include a declaration that the defendants were negligent in their handling of the COVID-19 outbreak which resulted in untold hardship, death, loss of livelihood and disruption of socio-economic activities.
“A declaration that the defendants handling of the Covid-19 outbreak violated the Claimants’ humanitarian rights guaranteed under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, resulting in social exclusion, loss of human dignity psychological trauma and social deprivations,” among others.
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Beyond the Façade of Ambode’s Probe
By Victor Ojelabi
It is no longer news that the immediate past Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode has been undergoing probe by the Lagos State House of Assembly and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC in recent times.
It is also no news that there was what in all appearance seems to be a sponsored protest, all part of what seems to be a well-orchestrated plan in Lagos State on Tuesday, September 24, 2019, calling for the probe of the former Governor of Lagos State.
No doubt, this is one of the series of intentionally planned persecution and political assaults on the former Governor Ambode in order to rubbish his rich and enviable credentials and pedigree. You certainly don’t need to be Lagosian or vast in politics to ‘see’ what is going on. It will only be an act of feigning ignorance or mischief if anyone living in Lagos State is oblivion of the tremendous and daring but short-lived pro-people policies and program the former Governor Ambode designed and implemented during his four year tenure: 2015-2019. The probes therefore can only be regarded as highly despicable, unjustified, embarrassingly shameful and uncalled-for.
A little background here: Amidst the succession politics mid-2018 purely to stop the aspiration of of Ambode to serve a second term in the rank of the state’s All Progressives Congress (APC), he eventually lost the return ticket. However, the era of succession politics has long elapsed. Ambode has even left office since. But on August 27, the post-election politics took another dimension with a raid of Ambode’s Ikoyi and Epe residences by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). This time, the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mr. Mudashiru Obasa constituted an ad-hoc committee to investigate the Ambode administration.
Obasa appointed Mr. Fatai Mojeed, a lawmaker from Ibeju-Lekki I State Constituency to head the investigative committee comprising 15 other lawmakers. As part of its mandate, the speaker asked the committee “to look into the procurement of 820 buses scheduled for the state’s public transport.” Aside, he also directed the committee “to probe Ambode’s Light-up Lagos and Imota Rice Mill projects, among others.”
With its inauguration, the committee swung into action with the invitation of the the Accountant-General of the state, Mrs. Shukrat Umar. Besides, the committee had questioned former commissioners who served in Ambode’s administration, especially former Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Mr. Olusegun Banjo; his Energy and Mineral counterpart, Mr. Olawale Oluwo and Mr. Toyin Suara, who served as the Commissioner for Agriculture.
Now, all these have led to accusations and counter accusations, making and denial of statements among others. This raises more questions than answers, it points to something else. While the House of Assembly, under the influence of leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, would want the public to believe that the need to inculcate transparency and accountability in governance with a view to recoup money allegedly lost through inflated contracts by the former governor was behind the ongoing probe, emerging information reveals that permutations on the 2023 general elections might have accounted for the ongoing actions.
It was gathered that the APC leaders were scared that Ambode was “financially loaded” and could scuttle the ambition of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, his estranged political father and APC National Leader, who was believed to be eyeing the presidency in 2023.
Ambode, believed to have relocated to France having acquired its citizenship before relinquishing power in May 2019, had allegedly compiled dossiers on his former leader, which he might use to discredit Tinubu and scuttle his presidential ambition ahead the 2023 general elections.
Consequently, associates of the APC leader had allegedly vowed that the way forward was to clip Ambode’s wings through a probe into contracts awarded by his administration.
At the last meeting of the Governors Advisory Council (GAC), Tinubu was quoted to have lamented that Ambode was planning to release some information to blackmail him, asking those present to warn the former governor against his alleged plan.
While the issue of abuse of office might be real as alleged by the Lagos Assembly, Ambode’s ability to scuttle or stand in the way of Tinubu’s ambition, according to a party leader in the state, had continued to be the driving force of actions against the former governor.
For instance, when the leaders at the GAC meeting complained about the performance of incumbent governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Tinubu was quoted to have defended the governor, saying Sanwo-olu met an empty treasury and had to seek money from the capital market to embark on projects in the state.
True to his claim, the governor sent a letter to the state Assembly last week, seeking approval for a fixed rate bond of N100 billion from the capital market and an internal loan of N150 billion.
Babachir Lawal, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), who was sacked from office, reportedly said Tinubu was in good standing to become Nigeria’s next president. He said Tinubu possessed the qualities of a good modern president to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.
“Bola Tinubu is my friend of many years. Buhari is my big boss. Bola Tinubu, without prejudice that he’s my friend, will make a good president. Other issues notwithstanding, he (Tinubu) will make a good modern president because the presidency these days is scientific. Nigerians, by convention, seem to have agreed that there should be rotation of the presidency,” Lawal was quoted to have said.
Already in continuation of the Ambode probe with the intention of recovering alleged looted funds, the Lagos State House of Assembly had recently threatened to issue a warrant of arrest against him and four others, who served under him (Ambode) as commissioners.
The House had earlier set up two different ad-hoc committees with the responsibilities of probing the purchase of 820 high capacity buses at the cost of N7 billion and the other with the 2019 mid-year budget review.
Both ad-hoc committees’ chairmen, Gbolahan Yishawu and Fatai Mojeed, while presenting their preliminary reports, had indicted Ambode, claiming that the former governor refused to honour their invitation to come and explain why he purchased the buses without approval from the House and why funds unbudgeted for were spent by his administration.
It was reliably gathered that the lawmakers were ready to do everything possible to bring the ex-governor to book, using every necessary and possible aspect of the law to achieve their aims. A source close to the House of Assembly, who confided in our correspondent, disclosed that the lawmakers were ready to make the former governor face the law.
“They have facts on their table and they have everything to nail him. I am not trying to take sides with the members, but the evidences they have against the man are enough to send him to jail. The two ad-hoc committees set up by the Speaker have been sitting and what they have been able to gather from those who have appeared before them are more than enough to land Ambode in trouble,” he said.
A day after the lawmakers threatened to arrest Ambode and four other commissioners, who worked with him, one of the ex-commissioners, Wale Oluwo, who served as the Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, wrote to the Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, explaining that he received no invitation from the members.
Also last Tuesday, the ex-Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Olusegun Banjo, who appeared before the committee, indicted Ambode, alleged that as commissioners, they were not carried along in the awards of contracts with due process allegedly breached.
To make matters worse for Ambode, Banjo alleged that the purchase of the 820 buses by the former governor was not routed through his ministry. According to him, he became a commissioner in February 2018, and did follow the system he met on ground, which was responsible for shady transactions on the buses that were procured.
He said: “The way the ministry is structured, it did not allow us to function well. The N24 billion did not come to my ministry. We didn’t have a running system. As a commissioner, I could not approve one naira. All the MDAs approached the governor directly.
He also alleged that there was no provision for the purchase of the 820 buses in the 2018 and 2019 budgets and that no Vote Of Charge (VOC) was issued from his office for the purchase. “I never approved any VOC for it,” he said.
On unbudgeted funds, he said, “I don’t know what happens to unbudgeted funds when it comes because the Ministry of Finance does not inform my ministry, we don’t have a running system.”
But, Banjo and Oluwo had denied the reports that they indicted Ambode before the ad-hoc committee.
One of the lawmakers, who spoke to a newspaper, Sunday INDEPENDENT in anonymity, alleged that towards the end of Ambode’s administration, the former governor embarked on so many projects without lawmakers’ approval.
“Most of the last-minute projects Ambode embarked upon, such as the Oshodi Interchange, the buses he purchased at outrageous amount, were not in the budget. He was involved in gross misconduct and misappropriation of funds.
“He left many projects uncompleted and today, Lagos seems to be on hold and not working because there is no money for the present administration to spend,” the lawmaker said.
When asked to give the actual figure that was misappropriated by Ambode, the lawmaker said, “You know, I am just telling you all these things in confidence. I wouldn’t want us to go there because it is something that can cause chaos in the state. But, we have a committee working on these things and at the appropriate time, Lagosians will hear the truth.”
It was yet unclear if Ambode would appear before any of the ad-hoc committees because he was alleged to have obtained French citizenship and might not return to the country anytime soon.
“We have it on a good authority that he is currently in France because he has succeeded in obtaining French citizenship. He left the country months ago and has refused to come back because he knows the atrocities he committed are capable of landing him in trouble.
“But, we will keep watching to see if he would spend the rest of his life in France,” said another lawmaker who also spoke on condition of anonymity."
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Bus purchase: Assembly threatens to order Ambode’s arrest
By Taiwo Ogunmola-Omilani
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has asked the Clerk of the House, Mr Azeez Sanni, to invite former governor Akinwunmi Ambode over the 820 vehicles purchased during his administration.
Obasa also directed that former government officials involved in the project should be invited.
He said if they refused to hour the invitation, the Assembly would do newspaper adverts, after which it would issue warrants for their arrest.
The Speaker spoke at the plenary on Thursday after two ad hoc committees set up to investigate the purchase of 820 buses during the Ambode administration and appraise the 2019 mid-year budget, delivered their reports.
The chairman of the nine-man committee probing the bus purchase, Fatai Mojeed, stated that out of the 20 officials summoned by the committee, four did not appear.
He identified them as the former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Kazeem Adeniji; ex-Commissioner for Budget, Mr Olusegun Banjo; ex-Commissioner for Finance, Mr Akinyemi Ashade; and former Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Mr Wale Oluwo.
Some members of the House, while reacting to the reports, suggested that warrants should be issued for the arrest of the former governor and the ex-commissioners.
The member representing Alimosho Constituency 1, Bisi Yusuf, said the House had constitutional powers to issue such warrants.
However, member representing Badagry Constituency 1, Ibrahim Layode, advised that invitation should be extended to the ex-governor and former commissioners through newspaper adverts.
Obasa then said, “The clerk should write them, including the ex-governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, and if they refuse, we will do newspaper publications and after that, we will issue warrants of arrest.”
In another development, the House disregarded a petition against member representing Lagos Mainland Constituency II, Lanre Oshun, who was accused of collecting $200,000 bribery to cover up a breach of contract in the environment ministry.
The chairman of the ad hoc committee investigating the allegation, Tunde Braimoh, informed the House that the petitioner was faceless, and the allegation was baseless.
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Lagos Assembly Set To Arrest Ex-Gov Ambode, Four Others! *alleges 820 buses' purchase fraudulent The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday threatened to issue a warrant of arrest on the former governor of the state, Akinwunmi Ambode and four others who served under the ex-governor as commissioners. This decision followed two preliminary reports presented by two different ad-hoc committees set up by the House to investigate the 820 buses purchased by Ambode and to appraise the 2019 mid year budget. The former commissioners involved include, Kazeem Adeniji (Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice), Olusegun Banjo (Commissioner for Budget), Akinyemi Ashade (Commissioner for Finance) and Wale Oluwo (Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources). Presenting the preliminary report of a 9-man ad-hoc committee to probe the 820 buses purchased by the former governor, Chairman of the committee, Fatai Mojeed said that it was discovered that due process were not followed in the purchase of the busses. Mojeed added that the former governor used the refund of the Paris Club for the purchase of the busses without the approval of the House. “He did not inform the House before commencing the purchase of the buses. “Over N48 billion was spent for the purchase of the busses and N22 Billion were spent on import duties. 520 of the buses are still at the seaport,” Mojeed said. He said further that the Accountant General of the state told the committee that she depended on the approval Ambode for the purchase of the busses and that no payment voucher was made available to the committee. The lawmaker added that they also demanded for the budget instrument used for the purchase, but that there was no budgetary provision for the purchases. “They could not produce any newspaper where the purchase of the buses were advertised. “The committee invited 20 stakeholders, 16 of them complied, while four of them refused against the constitutional provision,” he added. On his part, Gbolahan Yishawu, Chairman adhoc on mid-year budget review, alleged that the above mentioned commissioners were invited by his committee but refused to appear without giving any excuses.., https://www.instagram.com/p/B3cgxjqFAti/?igshid=1q190u7vuglxz
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The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday threatened to issue a warrant of arrest on the former Governor of the State, Akinwunmi Ambode and four others who served under the ex-governor as commissioners.The decision followed two preliminary reports presented by two different ad-hoc committees set up by the House to investigate the 820 buses purchased by Ambode and to appraise the 2019 mid-year budget.The former commissioners involved include, Kazeem Adeniji (Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice), Olusegun Banjo (Commissioner for Budget), Akinyemi Ashade (Commissioner for Finance) and Wale Oluwo (Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources).Presenting the preliminary report of a 9-man ad-hoc committee to probe the 820 buses purchased by the former governor, Chairman of the committee, Fatai Mojeed said that it was discovered that due process were not followed in the purchase of the buses.
The lawmaker said Ambode used the refund of the Paris Club for the purchase of the buses without the approval of the House, saying “he did not inform the House before commencing the purchase of the buses.“Over N48 billion was spent for the purchase of the buses and N22 Billion were spent on import duties. 520 of the buses are still at the seaport.”Mojeed stated that the Accountant General of the state told the committee that she depended on the approval of Ambode for the purchase of the buses and that no payment voucher was made available to the committee.Acccording to Mojeed, they also demanded for the budget instrument used for the purchase, but that there was no budgetary provision for the purchases.“They could not produce any newspaper where the purchase of the buses were advertised. The committee invited 20 stakeholders, 16 of them complied, while four of them refused against the constitutional provision,” he added.On his part, Gbolahan Yishawu, Chairman Adhoc Committee on mid-year budget review, alleged that the above mentioned commissioners were invited by his committee but refused to appear without giving any excuses for their absence.Yishawu also claimed that the former governor gave some directives on spending without the approval of the lawmakers.Reacting to the matter, some members of the House suggested that since the ex-governor and those officials who worked with him had been invited by the two committees and refused to show up, warrant of arrest should be issued on them.Bisi Yusuf, the member representing Alimosho Constituency 1, told his colleagues that the House is empowered by the constitution to issue a warrant of arrest on the concerned individuals for their refusal to appear before the committees.While expressing a contrary view, member representing Badagry Constituency 1, Ibrahim Layode urged his colleagues to tread with caution.He advised that the concerned individuals should be invited through newspaper advertisements, stating that the ex-officials were likely to come across the publications.According to the Majority Leader, Hon. Sanai Agunbiade, “I want to observe that if they have been invited and refused to show up, we should summon them and if they still refuse, then a warrant of arrest can be issued. Now, they’ve been invited, we should summon them by using the dailies before going to the extent of issuing arrest warrant.”Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, noted that the issue was beyond issue of arrest warrant, “because when this house invite people and they refused to show up, it’s like setting a bad precedence for others coming behind.“The clerk should write them, including the ex-governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode and if they refused, we will do newspaper publications and after that we will issue a warrant of arrest,” Obasa stated.
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CIPM urges new inductees to seek knowledge
Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria has urge new inductees to embrace continuous learning to enable them to be successful in the demanding global business landscape.
The President and Chairman of CIPM’s Governing Council, Mr Olusegun Mojeed, stated this during the 51st induction ceremony of the institute in Lagos.
He advised them to stay resolute, resilient, and persistent,…
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INTERVIEW: Buhari insensitive to Nigeria's diversity -- Obasanjo
INTERVIEW: Buhari insensitive to Nigeria’s diversity — Obasanjo
On Saturday, April 20, an exhausted Olusegun Obasanjo sat down with Musikilu Mojeed and Oladeinde Olawoyin at his Ibogun Olaogun ancestral home to reflect on Nigeria’s democracy journey.
The former president had scheduled the interview for his Abeokuta home. But when the reporters arrived the Ogun State capital early that Saturday, they were told Mr Obasanjo was away in Ibogun Olaogun for…
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BEFORE YAR'ADUA WRITES BUHARI
BEFORE YAR’ADUA WRITES BUHARI
By Mojeed Ajibola Adeyinka.
A dog that has been rejoicing when it sees one is at present barking and hopping at one. Does one need to be told that there’s FIRE on the mountain?
The former president of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo is known as one of critics of President Muhammad Buhari’s governance. A lot has been said by him to the president right from the latter first term till the present.
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Expelled Law Student Sues Council Of Legal Education
Expelled Law Student Sues Council Of Legal Education
Olusegun Kayode Bello
By Oladipupo Mojeed
The law student expelled from the Abuja branch of the Nigerian Law School (NLS) last month, Kayode Bello, has sued the Council of Legal Education and the Inspector General of Police.
In the ex-parte motion, filed on Monday at the Federal High Court in Maitama, Abuja, he urged the court to urgently attend to the matter to enable him to write his Part II…
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BUSINESS NEWS: Firms must boost talents, employees’ productivity – CIPM
BUSINESS NEWS: Firms must boost talents, employees’ productivity – CIPM
Publish date: 2022-07-12 23:02:30 | Author: Henry Falaye | Source: punchng.com
The President of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria, Olusegun Mojeed, says organisations need to consider redefining talents and rescaling to improve employees’ productivity.
The disclosure was made at the 14th Special Human Resource Forum held recently, where Mojeed was also the chairman of…
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