Curbing Insecurity Through Higher Productivity

We're all affected by Insecurity in the Country. The incidence of kidnapping, banditry and youth unrest is becoming unprecedented and posing an economic challenge. People can no longer travel by road freely without fear

CeProd believes that poor standard of living, unemployment and unproductivity of various sectors of the economy is a contributory factor. The war against insecurity cannot be won through the barrel of the gun alone. Increasing our productivity can help the war against insecurity.

With the support of Volunteers from Brazil, Nigeria, India and Italy and members like you, we plan to reach out to more than 1,000,000 Nigerians. You can share tips on ways of increasing productivity with your staff, organisation and members of the public in general. Raising productivity awareness is part of a larger effort to stem insecurity through increased productivity.

The study of Personal Productivity Development is not taught in any school. Notwithstanding that it can make a whole lot of difference between individuals. Yes, it makes a whole lot of difference between organisations and a country too. Even nations are classified as developed, developing or underdeveloped because of their capacity to produce.

If you read to the end of this letter it will be an eye-opener.

Gross domestic product (GDP) measures the value of goods and services produced in the economy.

One way you can measure the GDP is by :

Output measure: This is the total value of the goods and services produced by all sectors of the economy: agriculture, manufacturing, energy, construction, the service sector and government.

If the GDP measure is up on the previous three months, the economy is growing. That generally means more wealth and more new jobs.

If it is negative, the economy is shrinking. And two consecutive three-month periods of shrinking meet the most widely accepted definition of a recession. Our Economy having hit recession on more than two occasions in two years should be a source of concern to all. A recession can only naturally lead to more insecurity.

As a Productivity professional you can think of lots of opportunities you have to develop the capacity of organisations. It is a whole lot of income for you if can assist organisations to increase productivity.

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ratio to the national population is one of the indexes for measuring Developed or developing nations.

Surprisingly it is the aggregate of GDP (Productivity- goods and services) divided Nation's population that determines the Standard of Living of a Nation.

It is also the high index of a standard of living that qualifies a country as a Developed Economy.

The Nigeria National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) recently released the "2019 Poverty and Inequality in Nigeria" report, which highlights that 40 per cent of the total population, or almost 083 million people, live below the country's poverty line of 137,430 nairas ($381.75) per year.

The NBS report is based on data from the latest round of the Nigerian Living Standards Survey, conducted in 2018-2019 with support from the World Bank's Poverty Global Practice.

These 83 million people are forced to survive by less than 11.500 nairas a month. These groups are easy recruits for a crime.

As a Member of CeProd are there areas you can help?

Yes, you show others the relationship between insecurity and lack of productivity. Let people know that only the collective productivity of people can increase GDP. If a Country's Productivity is high then there will be more employment. If there is more employment the recruits to crime will reduce. This is the essence of our National Productivity Awareness Campaign. This campaign is carried out by all members within their sphere of influence this month.

What CeProd Is Doing?

We hold Free Monthly Productivity Lectures titled " Prosperity Through Productivity". People join through Zoom. Can you recommend others to join? Are you joining to brainstorm monthly?

We intend to reach over one million Nigerians with tips on increasing personal productivity.

About 10,000 Nigerians who are qualified will also be given special training as productivity champions. They will continue to promote productivity within their family, organisations and beyond. You can recommend those who are qualified to join us as Fellows, Members or Associates.

You will also receive monthly Newsletters by email on how you can improve your productivity, and that of your organisation and help people within your circle of influence to grow their income.

Always ensure that you find time to read these monthly newsletters. It is part of the membership benefit. If you don't read it you cannot apply and share the latest tips on productivity.

You can explode your income by being a member of CeProd

See more benefits of becoming a member here

https://www.centreforproductivity.org/ceprod-membership-benefit.php

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