President Muhammadu Buhari posing with the Made in Nigeria Android phone manufactured by ITF.
By Marie-Therese Nanlong
Jos – The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) has initiated processes to procure and install a production line for mass production of its Android mobile phone at the ITF Model Skills Training Centre (MSTC), Abuja.
Director-General of ITF, Sir Joseph Ari, disclosed this on Wednesday when he received the executive of Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government Owned Companies (SSACGOC) and Amalgamated Union Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Employees (AUPCTRE) on a congratulatory visit.
He revealed that since the symbolic presentation of the ITF mobile to President Muhammadu Buhari, the ITF has been inundated with requests for partnership from corporate entities within the country.
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Sir Ari in a statement by the Director of Public Affairs of ITF, Suleyol Chagu, said directive has been given for the procurement of all machines necessary for commencement of mass production of the phone.
“I have given directive to the Director of Technical and Vocational Skills Training Department, who is also the zonal Director of the ITF MSTC to get all the immediate machines so that we will be able to set up the production line. Since the good news, we have also received a lot of requests for partnership, including one from AfriOne, who wants to partner with us.
“This is good as we cannot do it alone because we are not an island unto ourselves. The main thing is that this product is a home grown product and this lends credence to the fact that we too can do it in Nigeria.”
The DG thanked staff of the Fund for supporting the management.
“Every leader should have a strategic vision. But you also need followers that will key into the leader’s vision and happily, that’s what has happened in the ITF. The Unions have been great partners in progress.
Speaking earlier, the President of Senior Staff (SSACGOC), Comrade Kayode Alakija and Acting Chairman of AUPCTRE, Comrade Lawal Ado separately showered praises on the DG for the milestone achievement and urged him to speed up the mass production of the android phone.
The Union leaders commended the ITF management under the leadership of Sir Joseph Ari saying that the current management has taken ITF beyond expectations.
