Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Mr. Khalil Halilu, has charged the management staff of the agency to put forward ideas on how it can effectively support the priorities of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Specifically, he tasked them on large-scale switching of petrol and diesel-powered vehicles to alternative fuels to reduce the cost of living for Nigerians.
He stated this as he began receiving briefings from the Managing Directors of the Agency’s 10 Development Institutes, situated in Enugu, Minna, Awka, Okene, Nnewi, Kano, Jalingo, Akure, Ilesha and Nasarawa.
“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,” he said.
Also at the meeting were team leads of various NASENI projects, as well as the research directors, who all made presentations on their various projects and efforts.
The briefings, which commenced Monday, took place ahead of the EVC’s planned tour of NASENI facilities across the institutes schedule to commence October.
Also on Tuesday, the EVC/CEO inaugurated a committee to look into staff welfare, as part of steps to fulfill his pledge, upon assuming office, to ensure that NASENI becomes “a public sector employer of choice in Nigeria.” The EVC tasked the committee—made up exclusively of middle-level and junior staff of NASENI—with producing a Human Resources (HR) revamp plan for NASENI.
