Province of Nigeria
On March 3, 29 Brothers and one lay person gathered at the Marist Polytechnic, Emene, Nigeria, to discuss the mission of the Brothers in the Province of Nigeria.
The provincial superior, Brother Vincent Abadom, members of the Marist schools management board, Marist service commission members, finance commission, and Bursars were in attendance.
In his opening remarks, the Provincial stressed the importance of the gathering which was intended to map out strategies to improve on the mission in the Province.
The participants went into groups for discussions. The groups worked out strategies on how to improve the following areas in the mission.
- Cost reduction strategies in running our schools
- Staff motivation and how to improve students’ population
- Staff transfer from one Marist school to another
- Common salary scale and staff status
- Day studentship
- How to improve the viability of our nursery/primary schools
- Strategies to improve the Central Treasury System
- Budget and budgetary control
- Centralisation of construction work
Recommendations were made by each group to the provincial and his council for possible implementation.