Senate C’ttee Applauds PRODA DG Over Relationship With Workers

Chairman, senate committee on Science, Technology and Innovation, Senator Uche Ekwunife has applauded the newly appointed director general of the Project Development Institute (PRODA) Enugu, Dr. Peter Ogbobe over his cordial relationship with his workers.

Ekwunife gave the commendation when she led other members of the committee to the institute for an oversight function.

Prior to the appointment of Ogbobe, there were litany of petitions from the workers to Abuja, a development that frustrated attempts to achieve the mandate for which PRODA was established.

But on assumption of duty, Ogbobe advised the workers to convert their petition writing skills to research and promised to carry everybody along.
“Anytime you go to Abuja, you will see Ghana must go bags containing petitions from PRODA. We spend so much time and resources writing petitions and leaving the reason we are here. Let us convert petition writing to research writing skills. Let us think of being our brothers’ keeper. Some of us are fighting wars and not knowing why. I cannot be a leader without followers. Let us make this place our home, and if we are truly a research institute, let us work towards that and reorder our skills. Most of the petitions are internal and the more we write, the more we kill productivity.
“Allow me to be your director general, support me and convince me on why I should function in that capacity. PRODA had been in the news for the wrong reasons and that is what I have been sent here to correct,” Ogbobe told the workers when he stepped into the premisis of PRODA.

Before inspecting some facilities at PRODA during the oversight function, Ekwunife commended Ogbobe over the ambiance of the environment since he took over the mantle of leadership.

She also expressed happiness that they have not received any petition from the institute since the new DG took over and urged him to continue to carry everybody along.