Walter Ukaegbu, Abuja
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has received kudos from the Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators (ICMC) in adopting Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanisms in its operations.
Registrar of ICMC, Segun Ogunyannwo, gave the commendation at the opening of a training programme on ADR for 40 additional staff of SON in Abuja. Ogunyannwo commended the management of SON for its foresight in adopting the ADR training as part of its human capacity development programme under which over a 100 staff have earlier been trained with another 35 scheduled for Enugu.
According to him, since conflicts are inevitable in the workplace, at home and in society in general, adopting the ADR mechanisms by organisations translates to developing people with skills to enhance teamwork as well as building and sustaining relationships for greater productivity.
The ICMC Registrar posited that the more people acquire ADR mechanisms in their relationships, the better for the family, institutions and society. He stated that lawyers at the bar and the bench, among other professionals, have also been adopting ADR mechanisms in settling matters even after securing judgements from courts to facilitate enforcement and execution.
Declaring the programme open, the Director General, Osita Aboloma, described the course as a generic one to complement the specific technical trainings being undertaken by all staff in their specific areas of competence in the last two years.