As part of the need to reposition and improve administrative efficiency of the universities in Nigeria, the National President of Association of Nigerian University Professional Administrations (ANUPA), kicked off a four day training workshop for university junior administrators across the country. The workshop which is taking place at the Public Service Institute, Abuja has in attendance administrative university staff from universities in Nigeria.

The workshop which was virally transmitted via online platform by CEOAFRICA enjoys the global attention of many. The training workshop which was officially opened by the President of ANUPA, Dr Victor Bem, welcomed Resource Persons and participants to the 4-Day training designed to repositioning Registry in Nigerian Universities.

In his welcoming address, Dr, Victor Bem expressed his gratitude to God for the commencement of the 4-Day Junior Administrators training programme to improving the performance of Professional Administrators in Nigerian Universities.

"It gives me great joy to welcome you all to this workshop. I am most grateful to God that against all odds, He has granted us favour to successfully host this Junior Administrative training programme," he stated.

Speaking further at the 4-day training programme, Dr Victor Bem noted that the training is the first since the present National Executive Committee (NEC) of ANUPA led under his leadership. He in no small term appreciated the resource persons -- Dr Sallah Aboki Bambur, Registrar of Federal University of Wukari and Abdullahi Babangida, Deputy Registrar, University of Jos, for accepting to take the training sections to impart knowledge. He also thanked and congratulated the participants for availing themselves for the workshop to be trained.

According to him, "It suffices to state that we can only achieve world class administrative practices in Nigerian Universities, if we have capacity to train our University administrators; as they are trainable and available.

"This explains our careful selection of Resource Persons to update the skills, knowledge and general proficiencies of the target participants-junior university professional administrators.

"The training theme; Repositioning the University Registry in the New Normal-Challenges and Prospects" is therefore very apt as it will be reinforced with the use of power point," he reiterated.

The National President of ANUPA Dr. Victor Mkuma Bem, emphasized that the theme in summary are not just very topical, but also have the capacity for moulding and repositioning the participants to efficiently deliver and improve the quality of university administration in the present administrative environment.

"I therefore urge the participants to optimally utilize the opportunity by intensively discussing and seeking for answers/solutions to pertinent administrative issues, hitherto confronting them in their various schedules in order to return back to work than they were before," he submitted.