By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja –
A United Kingdom based Organisation, the Occupational Safety and Health Association (OSH Association UK) has bestowed an Honorary Fellowship Award of the Association on the Director-General/Chief Executive of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Sir Joseph N. Ari.
According to the Association during the presentation ceremony in the United Kingdom recently, the award was in appreciation of the DG’s invaluable contributions to entrenching occupational health and safety in the Fund and ensuring that contributing employers adhere to occupational health and safety standards.
In his acceptance speech, the DG expressed delight and appreciated the Association for the award, noting that as the foremost human capacity development organisation in Nigeria, the ITF was charged with the responsibility of setting and maintaining training standards in all sectors of the economy and monitor adherence amongst other responsibilities.
“In the discharge of our mandate, the ITF has over the years implemented several training programmes in occupational health and safety for both staff of the Fund and our stakeholders.
“It was in recognition of the important place of occupational health and safety in organisations that the ITF made it a key criterion for granting training reimbursement to contributing employers. This is aimed at encouraging employers of labour to carryout safety training and adhere to safety protocols in their various organisations.
“I feel greatly delighted and honoured to have been conferred with the award of an Honorary Fellow of this great Association. This is not only a rare privilege but also an encouragement to do more”, Sir. Ari was quoted as saying in a statement issued on Friday by The ITF Director, Public Affairs, Suleyol Fred-Chagu.
The DG, who noted that Year 2022 was a good year for ITF in terms of awards received and the achievements that were recorded despite the difficult operational environment, said that the ITF was committed more than ever to the full actualisation of its mandate for overall economic and industrial growth of Nigeria in line the vision of the Federal Government.
It will be recalled that earlier in the year, the National Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (NASME) presented the ITF DG with an Award of Excellence for Exceptional Contribution to Human Resource Development. The Business Education and Examinations Council (BEEC) also presented the DG an Award for Excellence in Youths Empowerment through training.
Other awards include the Leadership Newspaper Public Service Person of the Year Award for 2022, the Award for Manpower Training in the Extractive Sector on the Plateau by the Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Association, Honorary Fellow Award by the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM) and the Award of Excellence in Human Capacity Development by the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR).
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