Convener of TAMS Summit and initiators of Nigeria’s Employee of the Year Award (NEYA), Afolabi Abiodun has called on the National Pension Commission (PenCom) to follow through on its responsibility of ensuring that monies deducted from employees salaries are remitted to their respective pension fund managers as at when due.
Abiodun, who made the call during an interactive session with journalist on the 2019 TAMS Summit and NEYA slatted for May 16th in Lagos, noted that the challenge of Nigeria today is making laws without following through on compliance.
He said it is unfair that deductions are made from employees salaries for their pensions are not remitted appropriately and as at when due, and nobody is punished for it.
While, as body we push for productivity in work place, we are also concerned about moral of the worker, stating that such treatment do not only kill the employees moral it affects productivity in the work place, Abiodun.
Abiodun therefore called on PenCom to enforce pension remittance to enhance employee morale and boost productivity.
Now in its fourth year, the TAMS Summit is a social impact initiative designed to push the agenda for workplace and national productivity. Convener of the summit, Afolabi Abiodun, who was featured in the Stanford Seed series, Profiles of Purpose, leads a team of young Nigerians who are committed to promoting accountability of time and resources in workplaces in all sectors of the economy.
Holding at the MUSON Centre, over 300 dignitaries, guests and delegates are expected to be in attendance. With the theme, “Charting Nigeria’s Path to Growth: Playing by the Rules of Work, Wealth and Wellbeing”, with Bismarck Rewane to present the lead paper.
According to the oraganisers, the summit will present the Nigeria’s Employee of the Year Award (NEYA) in celebration of the most productive and punctual employees in Nigeria, as well as Nigeria’s HR Manager of the Year in recognition of the crucial role of creating enabling workplaces for employees to contribute to the success of the organisation and grow their careers. Both categories will get an all-expense paid vacation to Dubai and Abu Dhabi in addition to an assortment of prizes.
We believe that resourcefulness (productivity) and timeliness (or punctuality) are two sides of a coin. Thus, it is all too clear that no society can hope to make progress or catch up if there’s a culture of disregard for these attributes, Abiodun said.
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