By: Charles Ikedikwa Soeze,
The Chief Officer (Administration) of the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI), Effurun in Delta State, Nigeria, Mr. Charles Ikedikwa Soeze has challenged the Federal Government (FG) on further development of the maritime sector for it would help to boost Nigeria’s economy through the provision of employment to Nigerians.
Soeze made the statement recently as guest speaker to management and staffers of Global Maritime Academy (GMA) Nigeria Ogoni Olomu in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State on administrative procedures in tertiary institutions.
The guest speaker pointed out that Nigeria emerged victorious at the keenly contested election in November 2009 by the maritime regulatory body, that is, The International Maritime Organization (IMO) which has economic world power countries like the United States of America, United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, Greece and Canada, firmly as permanent members of the maritime world governing body.
To this end, Soeze categorically stated that he is convinced the Global Maritime Academy will boost Nigeria’s importance in the African region and commitments to develop national economy in the maritime industry.
Furthermore, the guest speaker who is a mass communication scholar and commentator on national and international issues used the opportunity to call on staffers of the registry department or directorate in any tertiary institution to interpret policies and implement same appropriately without being biased since the registry of any tertiary institution is the engine room through which other departments or directorates perform their assignments for the betterment of such institution.
His words, “The Registry Department or Directorate in any tertiary institution is the engine room through which other departments or directorates including the rectory perform their functions. When the engine of a vehicle is weak, the vehicle automatically can no longer function properly. In other words, if the registry of any tertiary institution is weak especially towards the interpretation of policies and implementation of same, such institution is bound to not only fail but fail woefully. The Registrar and his staffers are expected to remain neutral, and avoid favouritism, nepotism, tribalism, god-fatherism, god-motherism among others”.
According to the guest speaker, for any vision or strategic plan to be successful in tertiary institutions, it must be a shared commitment among all key stakeholders. Consequently, we must initiate a genuine process of dialogue and consultation. The Registrar and his staffers must learn to respect differences of opinion and perception. They must also sustain the broad consensus which every vision and strategic plan require building acceptability and ownership.
Soeze specifically noted that there is no way we can move tertiary institutions and the nation forward administratively and democratically when the key stakeholders act at cross-purposes and behave like inveterate enemies locked in moral combat.
As a result, he called on the management of tertiary institutions to seek a new paradigm and a common ground with a view to establishing a strategic partnership among all stakeholders and to restoring healthy and harmonious industrial relations within tertiary institutions.
The guest speaker was not happy that Nigeria remains one of the few countries in the world where disruptions to the academic calendar are taken for granted. He urged Nigerians to work collectively to consign this phenomenon to the dustbin of history if we really wish the tertiary institutions to play their rightful roles in the nation’s development.
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