Director General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Engr. Aliyu Aziz instructed the staff of the Commission’s Corporate Communications Department to carry out their duties professionally.
Engr. Aziz made the call while addressing participants at a three-day retreat organized for staff from the Commission’s Corporate Communications Department, held September 20-22, 2022 at the Global Village Hotel in Nasarawa state. The retreat was supported by Nigeria Digital Identification for Development (ID4D) project.
According to a statement jointly released by Manager, Communications, Nigeria Digital Identification for Development (ID4D) Project, Dr. Walter Duru, and Head, Corporate Communications at NIMC, Kayode Adegoke, the NIMC Helmsman also urged attendees to focus more on delivering excellent service to citizens.
Speaking in retreat, Engr. Aziz said: “It’s very exciting. I got wonderful feedback from my co-workers.
They said they learned so much and look forward to putting it into practice. You have promised that I will see positive changes in the Commission’s Corporate Communications Unit.”
“I commend the Nigeria Digital ID4D project for supporting the Commission, particularly in identifying gaps and taking conscious steps to close the gaps.
This communication retreat is one such intervention.
Nigeria ID4D has provided resources and experts to support the Commission.
The organization’s ecosystem model is great and we look forward to implementing it.”
He also advised participants to put the knowledge they gained into practice to improve their performance.
Previously, Nigeria Digital ID4D project coordinator Musa Odole Solomon pledged the project’s commitment to sustainable collaboration with NIMC and other ecosystem partners, even as he thanked the Commission for collaborating with the project.
Opening her presentation, titled “NIMC: Mandate, Organizational Goals and Mission,” the Commission’s Director of Legal and Regulatory Services, Barr. Hadiza Dagabana instructed participants to focus on implementing the organization’s mandate through professional corporate communications practice.
In his presentation on “Corporate Communications: Implications, Strategies and Results”, Prof Emman-Owums Owuamalam, former Commissioner for Information in Imo State and Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, urged participants to take conscious steps to fill gaps close in the communication between them Commission and citizens.
Also, Presly Obukoadata, an associate professor of mass communications and digital media, in his article titled “Launching a Communication Value-Chain Culture in NIMC,” urged participants to uphold the values of the commission, even as he discussed the need for a mix of Advertising tools in communication design and implementation.
In their respective remarks, Acting Director/Head of Office of General Management of NIMC, Ms. Uche Chigbo, Head of Procurement, Princess Nkoyo Iwok, Head of Finance, Abolaji Akinola, Head of Enforcement, James Bura Mamza, Umaru Ba, Head of Human Resources , Rhoda Jackden, and Mouktar Adamu, External Communications Manager, Nigeria ID4D, encouraged participants to implement the skills learned in the retreat and assured them of the ongoing support of management.
The three-day retreat, themed “Inspiring NIMC to a New Era of Marketable Nigerian Identity Campaign” aimed to remind participants of their role in achieving corporate goals, aligning them with corporate culture, values and best practices in the Understand corporate communications, identify strengths and weaknesses of the corporate communications team while agreeing next steps.
Highlights of the retreat included paper presentations, team bonding activities, interactive sessions, breakout sessions, among others.
