NPA TO RETIRE 20 GMS, AGMS

IN on order to elevate the workers who have remained in one position without promotion for years especially the Assistant General Managers and Principal managers, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has concluded plans to retire no fewer than 20 General Managers (GM), Assistant General Managers (AGM) and others who have attained the retirement age of 60 years or spent 35 years in service.
Already, some of the affected general managers who have not gone on leave for several years had been forced to proceed on compulsory leave over accumulated leave.
It was gathered that those in this category might not return to their positions as they were likely to be served retirement letters before the end of their leave.
A senior staff of the Authority hinted that if a general manager, who has gone away for her accumulated leave, might be served retirement letter before the expiration of the leave.
Apart from the general managers, there are also other Assistant General Mangers, principal managers and managers, who might also be affected in the retirement exercise.
The retirement exercise is seen as the only way to create the chance to promote others to climb to new positions.
This is expected to lead to recruitment of new staff in the authority, an exercise that is not known to have been carried out in the organisation for a very long time now.
Recently, the authority employed some officers in the fire service and security department
There has been regular retirement of staff in NPA, including retrenchment since the reform of 2006 that brought in the terminal operators.
As the landlord after the concessioning of the ports, NPA is currently taking inventory of staff all over the country to ascertain which department is under staffed and to fill such vacancy without delay.
Source: Tribune