NASENI committed to actualising presidential priorities, inaugurates staff welfare committee –EVC/CEO

*Khalil Halilu, Executive Vice-Chairman and CEO of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, affirms the regulatory agency’s staff are deserving of ‘special attention, support and welfare’

Alexander Davis | ConsumerConnect

As Mr. Khalil Halilu, Executive Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), settles down to perform his new role, he has charged the Management Staff of the regulatory agency to evolve ideas on how NASENI could effectively support the priorities of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration.

Halilu disclosed such areas of priority attention include large-scale switching of petrol and diesel-powered vehicles to alternative fuels to reduce the cost of living for Nigerian consumers.

Mr. Segun Ayeoyenikan, Director of Information at NASENI, September 26, 2023, stated the EVC/CEO noted this as he began receiving briefings from the Managing Directors of the Agency’s 10 Development Institutes located in Enugu, Minna, Awka, Okene, Nnewi, Kano, Jalingo, Akure, Ilesa and Nasarawa, all in the country.

“Our Institutes are the engines of NASENI’s innovation and these briefings by each Institute are critical as we work together to craft the future of NASENI, as it relates to delivering on the President’s socio-economic agenda,” Halilu said.

NASENI said aside from the Managing Directors, Team Leads of various NASENI projects, as well as the Agency’s Research Directors, also made presentations to Halilu on their various projects and efforts.

It is recalled the briefings, which commenced Monday September 18, are taking place ahead of the EVC/CEO’s planned tour of NASENI facilities across the institutes scheduled to commence October 2023.

According to the agency, Halilu Tuesday, September 19, also inaugurated a Committee to look into staff welfare as part of steps to fulfil his pledge.

The objective of doing this is to ensure that NASENI becomes “a public sector employer of choice in Nigeria,” stated he.

Halilu further tasked the Committee—made up exclusively of middle-level and junior staff of NASENI—with producing a Human Resources (HR) revamp plan for the agency.

He also stated: “Our junior staff are, indeed, the ones on the frontlines of our work, bearing the biggest burdens, and therefore deserving of special attention, support and welfare.”

The Director of Information as well stated in rounding off the week, Halilu paid a courtesy visit to Chief Uche Nnaji,  Honourable Minister of Science and Technology, Friday, September 22, at the Ministry’s Headquarters, in Abuja, FCT.

He also commented on the meeting, which discussed opportunities for collaboration in advancing research in methanol production, lithium mining, and natural medicine.

The EVC/CEO said, both institutions were “keen to jointly commercialise existing research outputs.

“I have no doubt that NASENI has a strong and committed partner, in the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology.”

The agency said the Executive Vice-Chairman last Friday equally met with Mustapha Gajibo, a young Nigerian innovator, who specialises in converting petrol-fired vehicles to use gas and solar energy, and is based in Maiduguri, Borno State capital.

Halilu explained: “There’s no limit to what young Nigerians can achieve in science and technology, and at NASENI we want to be a part of these inspiring stories from every corner of the country.”

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