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 Looking for a man who lacks wisdom?  Find a man who operates by sentiments. 

 On a first day in a class of LOGIC,  what you are likely to be told is,  "All seasonable statements are logical,  but not all logical statements are  reasonable" There are three related concepts by action that separate HR Professionals from Charlatans. These concepts are Nepotism, Sentiments and Impunity.   Today,  I share with you my personal experience in relation to all three concepts.  A long time ago, I was among 12 candidates that attended an interview for the post of Personnel Officer and yours truly,  came first. My first position not withstanding, I was not taken initially,  because a "powerful" man in the company decided to take the two candidates who came 4th and 7th.  However,  on the intervention of the Foreign CEO, I was later employed with the 7th candidate.  An interesting thing about this show of nepotism, sentiments and impunity,  was that the 7th candidate had an MBA in Marketing and just like yours truly,  the 4th candidate had an M.Sc. in Indus

 Looking for the government department/agency that has ridiculed the Nigerian Judiciary most?  Welcome to Economic and Financial Crimes Commission - EFCC. 

 Once I changed my job from a factory employing over 2,700  and spending a little over N300,000.00 monthly on medical bills to another factory employing a little over 200 staff but spent monthly over N250,000.00 on medical bills.  For me,  this was a beautiful challenge that needed to be attended to.  The result of preliminary research showed that: - - We had 4 retainer hospitals.  - Our staff fall sick majorly on Fridays and Saturdays evenings and mornings respectively.  - Our staff took soft loans from the retainer hospitals,  which they send to us with interest as medical bills.  What did I do?  - Established an Industrial Clinic with an NYSC Doctor plus a Nurse.  - Reduced retainer hospitals by two.  - Got staff to choose which of the remaining two retainer hospitals to attend.  - Stopped the payment of medical bills without referrals from the Industrial Clinic.  - Sourced drugs from the pharmaceutical Division of the Conglomerate for the Industrial Clinic.  - Gave a month's no

 Looking for the arm of government that protects only high placed Thieves,  Treasury Looters and Kleptomaniacs?  Welcome to the Nigerian Judiciary. 

 During Post Graduate School,  I did a research-based Term-Paper in Manpower Planning entitled "Cost of Late Coming and Absenteeism in Manufacturing Companies:  A Case Study of Assan Industries.  Coincidentally, my first job after Post Graduate School was in the same Manufacturing Subsector.  Amongst many other duties I was assigned was the supervision of the Time Office (Staff Attendance).  Without any other direct instruction,  I started to generate weekly Lateness and Absenteeism report for management through the Assistant General Manager (Administration).  Initially,  the reports were treated with disdain until the General Manager asked for reasons why there were unexplained short falls in production especially on a particular shift irrespective of the staff in that shift.  The AGM(Admin) went back to my reports and informed Management that it had to do with attendance. When he was asked for evidence,  he shared my disdained weekly report.  The average HR Practitioner is satis

 The simple ways out of the unending strikes in the public sector trade unions that have been largely ignored are as follows:  THE UNIONS:  - Stop making bogus demands that make the unions appear not to be serious.  - Unions should stop negotiating with people without the authority to sign binding agreements.  - Unions should follow the disputes settlement procedures set out in the Trades Dispute Act.  - The unions must come to terms with the fact that the law does not recognize ultimatum.  - Unions must understand that Strike is the last resort and that No work No pay is a given,  if you do not follow to the end of the dispute settlement procedure.  PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT:  - Nigeria is a signatory to the ILO Convention on Collective Bargaining,  so collective bargaining is not politics without accountability.  - Only normal human beings MUST be appointed as Minister of Labour and Employment.  - That supervising ministry must take charge of their collective bargaining processes.  -