By Adewale Banjo
Stakeholders have described the administration of Director General/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Afiz Oluwatoyin, as transparent.
The investors, community, government and trade union officials also praised his unrelenting efforts in changing the face of the organisation in all fronts, harnessing the potential of youths, driving economic growth, beefing up revenue generation for the agency and empowering artisans in Nigeria with the knowledge, tools and resources needed to succeed in their respective fields.
The stakeholders, in a statement in Abuja by the Secretary General of Manufacturing, Construction, Automobile and Textile Stakeholders Forum, Ibrahim Musa, commended Oluwatoyin for his purposeful leadership, pragmatic re-engineering of the organisation and impact on the lives of Nigerians.
The statement excoriated a fictitious group, Concerned Workers, over a statement credited to it.
“ITF director general/CEO, Oluwatoyin, is very sincere and is increasing awareness about training initiatives within the economy and impacting the lives and livelihoods of millions of businesses in Nigeria
“The attempt by the fictitious group to cast aspersions on the integrity of Oluwatoyin by making unsubstantiated allegations about him and the organisation is unfortunate,’’ they said in the statement.
The stakeholders upbraided the group for misleading the public about the organisation, saying the report was defamatory, insulting and entirely fictitious.
“This is just an attempt to deceive and mislead the public. All the allegations centred around the pull-down-syndrome on the part of some people who are insisting on the old order of corruption, anarchy and insanity.”
“This is a man with tremendous energy. Oluwatoyin is a straightforward and hardworking Nigerian. He is also a strict disciplinarian, quietly efficient and has reputation for accountability. Some people have told a lot of lies about the organisation,’’ they said.
The stakeholders praised the world-acclaimed man of principles and integrity for his impressive performance, visionary attributes, expertise and profound understanding of the goals of the organisation and listed operational changes in the organisation, technical and entrepreneurial development as well as advisory services on micro, small and medium enterprises as key achievements of Oluwatoyin.
They also listed intellectualism and the finance management process as attributes of the director general.