By Dwelleth Morountodun
In a bid to create awareness on health matters that will greatly enhance productivity and aid the life expectancy of serving Officers, the Ministry of Works and Housing has organized a one-day Workshop on Health matters for Directors of the Ministry, Wednesday, July 20, 2022.
The one-day workshop is on: stress management, hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, work-life balance and cardiovascular diseases.
The workshop was organized in recognition of the important roles Directors plays in their fields and capacity in managing staff and material resources of their departments.
In his opening address before declaring the workshop open, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Bashir Nura Alkali, said the objective of the workshop is to create awareness on early detection of some health-related challenges that are life-threatening diseases before they become intractable.
He added that the Ministry has maintained a robust plan as part of its efforts to improve the welfare and general well-being of its staff as part of its reward system.
“It is my pleasure therefore to underline that the health plan which initially began as a bi-monthly routine medical check-up has been scaled up to include an annual health talk for all staff of the Ministry.” he said
Alkali encouraged the Directors to reap the full benefits of the health talk and promised that the health talk workshop would be extended to other categories of staff of the Ministry.
The workshop was organized by Elyon Synergy Ltd, Lagos, in conjunction with the Ministry of Works and Housing with two renowned Medical Practitioners Dr. Jacob Nwanchukwu and a stress management consultant Prof. David Oke, the Provost of the College of Medicine, University of Lagos.
They delivering lectures on prevention and control of hypertension, economic burden of cardiovascular diseases, kidney functions, failure and treatment, modern methods of diabetic management, sudden death and technology of medical devices.
Others are high cholesterol and physical exercise for fitness, finance, wellness and stress-free investments were emphasized.
In his vote of thanks, the Director, Human Resources, Alhaji Aliyu Abdullahi, appreciated the Ministers for granting approval for the health talk.
He reiterated that for the workshop to get its approval, the Ministers and the Permanent Secretary truly demonstrated that they value the Management of the Ministry and therefore take seriously the health issues of its staff.
” It is highly commendable and we should take the health tips serious as recommended by our health experts,” he said.
Signed: Mrs. Blessing Lere-Adams, Director (Press and Public Relations).
