The Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM) on Sunday in Abuja urged the Federal Government to urgently resuscitate the refineries to solve petroleum products scarcity.
Dr Michael Olawale-Cole, President of the institute, made the call at a thanksgiving service to open the 51st Annual National Conference of the Institute.
Olawale-Cole also called for public participation in the establishment and management of the refineries to boost the availability of petroleum products.
He said the establishment of refineries by individuals would reduce the cost of products and eliminate importation, in addition to providing employment avenues for Nigerians.
“Government should do all that is possible to keep all refineries working, that itself will improve the number of people who are given employment in this nation as against giving employment to foreign economies,’’ Olawale-Cole said.
He advised the government to always give adequate enlightenment for any new programmes, saying that the fuel subsidy removal protest caused the government a lot of embarrassment .
According to him, government can only earn public confidence if adequate enlightenment is carried out on issues.
He said the institute had contributed immensely to national development.?
Olawale-Cole said the institute had trained many managers and given free training to more than 300,000 National Youth Service Corps members who wished to become private members.
He said the institute had also been involved in top level leadership training for managing directors, directors and chairmen locally and internationally.
Mrs Abigail Adebayo, an elder of First Baptist Church, Area 11, Garki, Abuja, in a sermon, urged the managers to avoid sinful lives.
Adebayo said sin was the reason that the country was facing a lot of challenges, such as bomb attacks, plane crashes and flooding.
She called on Nigerian to live like Christ.
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