By Gift Chapi Odekina
The National Assembly Service Commission, has called for continuous capacity building to enhance the productivity of staff.
The Executive Chairman Commission, Alhaji Ahmed Amshi made this known at the opening of a three day Capacity building for staff of the House of Representatives in Abuja
The Capacity building workshop was organised by House of Representatives in Collaboration with Sahl Human Resources to improve the capabilities of staff to meet international standards in legislative processes
The Executive Chairman National Assembly Service Commission Alhaji Ahmed Amshi while speaking at the training was of the view that training and retraining of staff is imperative for enhanced productivity and national development.
Represented by the Commissioner Representating North East Abubakar Tutari the Executive Chairman maintained that the Commission would continue to introduce initiatives that will improve legislative processes
The Clerk House of Representatives Dr Yahaya DanZaria pointed out that the best way to attain optimal performance and productivity is through the empowerment of staff.
According to him, the need to strengthen the capacity of staff to be in tune with legislative procedures prompted the training which he believed would help them be up to date with international best practices in legislative matters.
Some of the participants Mr Paul Adiu and Idowu Adebukola were hopeful of a positive outcome from the training as they believed it would enhance the capacity to support legislators in law making processes.
No fewer than fifty legislative staff are attending the workshop with the theme; Enhancing Capacity for Legislative Services
