Performance Bond: NPA Reads Riot Act To Non-performing Staff

Following the signing of performance bond by the various ministries in the marine and blue economy sector, the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello-Koko, has threatened to sanction non-performing members of staff and their units/ departments.

Speaking at the NPA In-House Cascading Of Deliverables arising from the Presidential/Ministerial Performance Bond December 2023, over the weekend, Bello-Koko, charged the authority’s staff to ensure to deliver on the targets set in the bond to justify their earnings as public servants.

While tasking the staff of the authority on the actualization of the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) spelt out in the performance bond, he observed that rewards will be given to performing units and individuals while sanctions meted out to non-performers.

He disclosed that every unit, Section, Department, Division and Directorate has a role to play in fulfilling the Authority’s targets and just as performers will be identified and rewarded, underperformers will be found out and sanctioned.

“The ministerial bond that has set out the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) by which we will be adjudged as an Authority is in itself a derivative of a performance bond which the Honourable Minister of Marine and Blue Economy had earlier signed with His Excellency Mr. President.

“Given the result orientation of the current administration, this retreat which has been put together at great cost to equip you with the understanding and clarity of purpose necessary for result delivery is therefore one that requires maximum seriousness and concentration, as there would be zero tolerance for underperformance going forward.

“As you will find out from the elucidations of our resource persons, every Unit, Section, Department, Division and Directorate has a role to play in fulfilling the Authority’s targets and just as performers will be identified and rewarded, underperformers will be found out and sanctioned” he said.

Bello-Koko disclosed that there are strict timelines attached to every performance indicator, so formulating performance strategies that cannot be implemented in quick time will be tantamount to an exercise in futility.

“Arising from this retreat Management expects specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-bound input, output and outcomes that will stand us out as pacesetters in the comity of federal government agencies,” the NPA boss remarked.

He, however, reiterated the Authority management team’s commitment to providing all the enabling requirements without any delay, even as he opined that if the members of staff activate their can-do spirit in addition to their knowledge, skills and experiences garnered over the years, NPA would exceed the set expectations.