A cross-section of Nigerians, various groups and associations have commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for reappointing Comrade Isa Aremu as the Director General of the Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies, Ilorin.
His appointment has been renewed for another four years in office.
It would be recalled that Comrade Aremu was appointed as Director General of the institute by Former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on May 18, 2021.
In his congratulatory message, the Director General National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, NILDS, Professor Abubakar Olanrewaju Sulaiman, described it as well deserved.
In the message by his Media Adviser Mohammad Abdulkadri, Professor Sulaiman said in his words: “Aremu’s re-appointment as DG MINILS is a testament to his outstanding achievements that have placed the Institute in the National and International limelight as a high-performing outfit in Inclusive Training, Gender balance initiatives, Institutional linkages and improved programmes on entrepreneurship.”
He advised him to sustain his impressive Scorecards on Digital Literacy training and infrastructural renewal projects that led to the construction of the Entrepreneurship Development Centre in 2022.
The Director General NILDS therefore, urged the Comrade DG to see his continuity in office as an opportunity to consolidate on his impressive performances in the areas of impactful Citizenship Engagements, re-engagement, Ministerial deliverables benchmark which he exceeded in 2024 from 1,250 to over 3,000 participants trained in Ilorin campus.
The former Minister of National Planning harped on the need for him to continue on the trajectory of building on the record of 720 Youths trained in cinematography, carpentry, tie and dye and to prioritise staff welfare in his continuous repositioning Journey of the institute towards attaining greater height through the instrumentality of Transformative leadership strides.
Similarly, the Congress of University Academics (CONUA) in a statement signed by its National President, Comrade Niyi Sunmonu, said his re-appointment is well deserved.
According to him, his re-appointment is a clear testament of his exceptional leadership, commendable achievements and unwavering commitment to repositioning the institute as a hub of labour education, policy discourse and capacity building.
“It is also in recognition of your ongoing contributions to strengthening the Nigerian labour landscape through inclusive training, policy engagement and reform-oriented labour research”, Sunmonu added.