The ministry of Works and Housing on Wednesday organised a one-day workshop for its directors on stress management, hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, work-life balance, and cardiac arrest.
The workshop was organised by Elyon Synergy Ltd, Lagos, in conjunction with the ministry.
A statement issued by the Director, Press, and Public Relations in the ministry, Mrs. Blessing Lere-Adams, in Abuja, said the workshop was organised in recognition of the important roles directors play in their fields and capacity in managing staff and material resources of their departments.
In his opening address, the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Bashir Nura Alkali, said the objective of the workshop was to create awareness on early detection of some health-related challenges that are life-threatening diseases before they become intractable.
Alkali added that the ministry had maintained a robust plan as part of its efforts to improve the welfare and general well-being of its staff as part of its reward system.
“It is my pleasure therefore to underline that the health plan which initially began as a bi-monthly routine medical check-up has been scaled up to include an annual health talk for all staff of the ministry.” he said.
Alkali encouraged the directors to reap the full benefits of the health talk and promised that the health talk workshop would be extended to other categories of staff of the ministry.
The two Medical Doctors who delivered the talks, Dr. Jacob Nwanchukwu, a stress management consultant and Prof. David. A. Oke, the current Provost of the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, discussed extensively on kidney functions, failure and treatment, modern methods of diabetic management, sudden death and technology of medical devices.
Giving his Vote of Thanks, the Director, Human Resources of the ministry, Alhaji Aliyu Abdullahi, appreciated the ministers for granting approval for this health talk for the directors of the ministry.
He said for the workshop to get its approval, the ministers and the permanent secretary truly demonstrated that they value the management of the ministry and therefore take seriously the health issues of its staff.
