… tops construction services sector
Julius Berger Nigeria Plc on Wednesday won the prestigious Nigeria Employers‘ Consultative Association (NECA’s) Construction and Construction Services sectoral award beating every other contender in the industry.
The development, the third in the yearly series, elicited a resounding applause from the audience inside the Eko Hotels and Suites, Lagos, venue of the event, hailing the company as deserving of the award.
President of NECA, Taiwo Adeniyi, in his speech, said the Award is dedicated to resilience and doggedness of Nigerian businesses, like Julius Berger who against all odds still forge ahead making impact.
The Director General of NECA, Adewale Oyerinde’s comment at the event was in tandem with that of the President.
He said, the winners, and even the others are still standing doggedly doing their thing in spite of the frustrating business environment, adding that this event is occasion for us to breathe and continue to celebrate.
In announcing Julius Berger as the Winner in the sector, NECA said “the company satisfied all criteria it employed to determine winners and we were pleased beyond reasonable doubts that Julius Berger met the criteria in leadership and governance, innovation, productivity and corporate performance, effective human resources management and industrial relations practice as well as responsible business conduct.
“Inclusiveness and diversity, technological optimisation and occupational health and safety were also some criteria employed.”
The Association expressed the hope that with the awards, winners like Julius Berger would do more towards increasing their chances for more laurels in the future.
The President of Chartered Institute of Personnel Management +CIPM), Olusegun Mojeed, who presented the Award to Julius Berger added his voice to the accolades received by the company at the historic event.
He said, “here are the winners by all standards and against all odds in line with theme of tonight’s occasion. Congratulations Julius Berger Nigeria Plc.”
For Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, represented by Chisom Albert at the event, responding said, “…the award says we are doing well and we are inspired to explore ways of doing more.“
Winners in other categories include MTN, Nigeria Bottling Company, Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas, NLNG, Nestle and Dangote Cement among others.
Julius Berger Nigeria Plc team inlcuded Performance Management Manager, Chigozie Okonkwo, Talent Management Officer, Chiamaka Emeh, Human Resource Manager, Region West, Chisom Albert and Assistant Senior Liaison Officer, Emmanuel Isibor.