Musbau Babatunde
Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA),Kaduna has presented a proposal to National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on the need to train its (NYSC’s) staff on emotional intelligence.
Presenting the proposal to the Director General of NYSC at the Scheme’s National Directorate Headquarters in Maitama, Abuja, the Head, Centre for Study of Leadership and Complex Military Operations of NDA, Dr. Ben Audu,explained that the training becomes necessary in view of the emerging challenges in managing human resources at the workplace.
Eddy Megwa, Director, Press and Public Relations in a statement to newsmen quoted Dr. Audu as imploring the NYSC to “buy the idea as it’s outcome will manifest in improved productivity of the workforce.”
In his remarks,the Director General, Brigadier General YD Ahmed welcomed the proposal, stating that the training is a sure way of enhancing the capacity of staff to carry out their duties more efficiently.
He directed Planning, Research and Statistics department and the team from NDA to work out modalities for commencing the training.
