ITF Bags Double Int’l Awards

The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) has emerged the overall best in the International Federation of Training and Development Organisation (IFTDO) competition for the IFTDO Global HRD Awards 2016. With this development, Nigeria has now been placed on the global index of human resource development, as working at very high international standard in the human resource and manpower development fields. The ITFDO was founded in Geneva, Switzerland in 1972 in order to develop and maintain a worldwide network committed to the identification, development and transfer of knowledge, skills and technology to enhance personal growth, human performance, productivity and sustainable development. In a correspondence from IFTDO to the ITF dated February 5, 2016, notifying them of this victory, the IFTDO said there was a total of 33 submissions from nine countries around the world for the three categories of the awards which are: Best HRD ( Human Resource Development) Practice, Improving Quality of working life and Research Excellence CSTD Award. The Secretary General of IFTDO, Mr. Uddesh Kohli, in the statement, said the ITF emerged tops in the Improving Quality of Working Life Award category, as well as the overall winner of the IFTDO Global HRD Awards 2016. He further explained that of the 33 submissions from nine countries reviewed, 13 were shortlisted by the judging panel for the IFTDO Global HRD Award. Responding to the news of the awards, Director General/ Chief Executive of ITF, Juliet Chukkas Onaeko, said it award and international recognition were a confirmation that in one and a half year, the DG and her management team had been able to reposition ITF for true greatness and global best practices as summarised by the DG’s four point agenda which is also in line with Mr. President’s change agenda.