Federal government has been advised to establish a
nationally coordinated productivity measurement system (PMS)for the country
that will consists of National Productivity Centre(NPC) as the coordinating agency , National Bureau of
statistics as Data gathering agency, Nigeria institute of social and economic
research (NISER) as policy based research institute while the central bank of
Nigeria will be the funding agency.
Experts at the may
2015 NISER research seminar series (NRSS) made the recommendation at NISER headquarters
in Ibadan.
The theme of the seminar ‘computing productivity in the
Nigerian economy’; issues and challenges. A presentation of Alhaji Jibril Musa Yelwa , director ,productivity
measurement and statistics, National
Productivity Centre(NPC) Abuja.
In his presentation, Alhaji Jibril Musa Yelwa stated that
productivity plays an invaluable role in the economic growth and development of
any nation. He also stated that any country with high productivity tends to become
a dominant in global market with their citizens enjoying a relatively higher
quality of life. While those with low productivity output become increasingly marginalized
with relatively low quality of life.
According to him, should
vision 2020 not be a mirage, Nigerians need to double their contributions
towards the GDP in other to reach the expected level of productivity.
The special guest at the seminar, Paul M. Bdliya Director General,
National Productivity Centre Abuja emphasized
that NPC was established by NPC Act (Ap270 of LFN 2004 specifically charged
with the responsibility of stimulating productivity consciousness towards the
attainment of higher levels of productivity in all sectors of the Nigerian economy
and to promote international cooperation for the enhancement of national productivity
and as well with vision to become a world class productivity institution and a
key player in the realization of our nation’s overall growth with development
objectives.
Adding “my
organization broad aim is to assess the performance of economic sector in the
Nigerian economy through productivity indices in other to provide valuable
information that will inform national policy directions.”
While pledging his organization deep relationship with NISER
. Paul M.Bdliya optimistic that contributions at the seminar will move both organizations
forward.
Earlier in his opening remarks, NISER director general, Pro.
Olufemi Taiwo observed that since our nationlive in a competitive world which
requires high investment to get good
productivity result and if really the objective target of Nigerians is to
become one of the 20th largest economy in the world by the year
2020. It is important to compute Nigeria’s productivity level in other to
monitor the trend and determine the existing gap in the economy . All these according
to the NISER DG will help us in
identifying the deficiencies or hindrances that may likely prevent the nation
from achieving the set target.
Adding , ‘ without productivity, the country cannot move
forward’.
Prof. Taiwo later confirmed that NISER now have its own archive where researchers can go
through any of there publications since 1960
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