By Biola Lawal
Abuja (FLOWERBUDNEWS): The Director General of the Nigerian Technical Aid Corps,Rt.Hon. Yusuf Buba Yakub has approved the introduction of a 45-minute once-in-a-Week Fitness Walk to enhance the health of all NTAC workers.
To flag-off the health and fitness exercise, the NTAC boss personally led some members of the NTAC Management for a 45-minute walk at the popular Jabi Lake Sports Field opposite the NTAC Complex in Abuja over the weekend.
Addressing the participants at the maiden walk exercise, Rt.-Hon. Buba stressed that physical exercise was a necessity for fitness and mental alertness for all workers in the public service space,, Nkem Anyata-Lafia, Special Assistant to the DG, NTAC (Media and Publicity), disclosed in a statement.
He said such physical fitness and mental alertness were necessary for the kind of energy and focus required not only to drive service-delivery,but also make for enhanced productivity amongst workers.
The NTAC Boss who reiterated the connection between physical fitness and enhanced productivity, hinted that a day would be set aside for all staff of NTAC to engage in such activity.
“We all know the importance of physical fitness to our work as public servants.If we refuse to engage the body to make it active,even our brain fails to work optimally .
“Oftentimes,our routine, from home to office and from office to home,hardly allows us to engage in even simple walking for the length of time our bodies require to stay in optimum health and fitness.
“Today’s novel Walk is merely to encourage us to tone up our muscles daily,to avoid the killer situation called sedentary lifestyle, keep ourselves fit and be able to drive more actively the requirements of Mr.President’s Renewed Hope Agenda here in NTAC.
” We will surely find a way to incorporate this in the activities and programmes of the Corps.”
Meanwhile ,the Nigerian Technical Aid Corps has set aside the end of work every Wednesday for a physical fitness walk for all staff of the Agency who are not encumbered by any form of incapacitation or underlying illness.
In an Internal Circular signed by Amb.Saidu D.Muhammad and circulated to all NTAC staff, on Monday,at the NTAC Complex in Abuja,the Deputy Director in-charge of Administration at the Agency informed members of staff of a walking exercise with the Agency’s Director General at the end of work on Wednesday,November 12, adding that the mandatory walking exercise would take place at the Jabi Lake Sports Field opposite the NTAC Complex.
pictures of the novel walk with the NTAC DG,the Director of Programmes as well as personal Aides of the DG and other members of staff.*
