The Presidency Thursday in Abuja commenced a vocational and
entrepreneurial programme to prepare its staff adequately for retirement.
Declaring open a two-day workshop for State House staff who are about to
retire, the Permanent Secretary, Mr. Jalal Arabi, said that the programme
was also designed to prepare them mentally and psychologically for
retirement.
“What the State House has set out to do is to commence a process of early
pre-retirement training for potential retirees.
“This is in the firm belief that adequate planning for retirement will
make life after retirement much more attractive,” Mr Arabi said.
The Permanent Secretary said that the overall aim of the Presidency was to
ensure that all staff undergo pre-retirement training at least 3-4 years
before their retirement.
“This approach is based on the realization that it usually takes about
three years to incubate and develop most business ideas,’’ he said.
Eighty-one prospective retirees are being trained on livestock, fisheries
management, personal finance planning and other useful skills and
vocations at the workshop which opened today.