Refugee Commission trains staff on strategic roadmap

National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI)

The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) has organised a two-day workshop for its staff on how to effectively drive its mandates to become a world class humanitarian agency.

The workshop, which began on Saturday in Abuja, is organised for the middle-cadre staff to re-orientate them on the strategic roadmap (2017-2020) of the commission.

Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, Federal Commissioner, NCFRMI, said that the workshop aims at keeping staff abreast of the challenges as a humanitarian agency and how to effectively overcome them and function best.

She said that the workshop was apt especially at a time when the Commission is saddled with the responsibility of the growing needs of Persons of Concerns within and outside the country.

“This orientation workshop provides a platform for staff to understand the strategic roadmap of the commission and key into it for implementation.

“As you are aware, the vision of the Commission is to be a world class humanitarian organization with effective solutions for Persons of Concern.

“This I strongly believe can be actualized and it requires having a pool of staff with sufficient prestige, can-do attitude and a practical delivery-focused mindset.

“The roadmap focuses on six strategies that will assist in reorientating and repositioning the commission and has been articulated to guide the staff of the commission towards actualizing its new vision.

“Its implementation during the four-year period will enable staff to have the capacity, competence and effectiveness to catalyse the needed change in the Commission,” Farouq said.

Farouq urged the participants to take full ownership of the initiative in the roadmap and contribute to ensuring that the 51 strategic actions are implemented on target.

She said that earlier in the year, a similar retreat was also organised for Senior Management Staff members of the commission with the same focus.

Sixty middle cadre staff members of the commission were participating in the workshop. - PM News