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Army tasks personnel on productivity, workplace efficiency

NARC urged participants in its work ethics and organisational performance course to apply what they learned to improve productivity and organisational efficiency in their workplaces.

• August 21, 2026
Nigerian Army Resource Centre
Nigerian Army Resource Centre [Credit; X]

The Nigerian Army Resource Centre (NARC) has tasked participants in its work ethics and organisational performance course 8/2026 to apply the knowledge they acquired to improve productivity and organisational efficiency in their workplaces.

NARC Director-General James Myam delivered the charge during the participants’ graduation on Friday in Abuja.

Mr Myam urged the participants to apply the knowledge acquired during the five-day programme to improve performance and promote harmonious working relationships in their respective organisations.

He said work ethics was critical to organisational survival, given employees’ diverse social and psychological backgrounds.

According to him, effective management of workplace dynamics can promote harmony and create an environment where employees work constructively towards organisational objectives.

The NARC DG described the participants as representatives of their respective services and organisations and urged them to become change agents.

He encouraged them to share the knowledge they acquired with colleagues and help address practices that hinder productivity and workplace effectiveness.

Mr Myam cautioned against blaming organisational systems for poor performance without making deliberate efforts to identify and address practices contributing to inefficiency.

He also highlighted networking as an important benefit of the programme, urging participants to sustain professional relationships developed during the course.

He said such networks could strengthen collaboration and facilitate the exchange of ideas among personnel from different institutions.

The course coordinator, Ferdinand Eze, said the centre would assess the programme’s effectiveness through feedback from participants after they returned to their workplaces.

Mr Eze said feedback from previous programmes had generally been positive, indicating that participants had applied lessons learnt to improve performance in their organisations.

Speaking on behalf of the participants, Temilade Egbewumi said the course had strengthened their understanding of integrity, professionalism and ethical conduct.

She said the programme also reinforced leaders’ responsibility to motivate, support, and effectively guide their subordinates while maintaining constructive relationships with senior personnel.

Participants were exposed to workplace ethics, organisational culture, value-based leadership, decision-making, performance management, communication, interpersonal relations, team building, and workplace administration.

The course brought together junior and middle-cadre personnel from the Armed Forces of Nigeria, paramilitary organisations, corporate bodies and civil society.

 (NAN) 

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