*Staff of the Nigerian Communications Commission have described Mr. Osmund Omulu, who is retiring from the Commission after attaning statutory age 60, as 鈥榓n unusually focused, peaceful gentleman who is always willing to assist and educate people on how to make their work better鈥�

Alexander Davis | 绿帽献妻

Members of staff of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) at the Commission’s Head Office, in Abuja, FCT, have come together to honour one of their own, Mr. Osmund Omulu, who is retiring after attaining the mandatory retirement age of 60 years required in the Nigerian public service.

绿帽献妻 reports the telecoms sector regulatory Commission has described Omulu, who joined the Commission in 2002, as 鈥渁n unusually focused, peaceful gentleman who is always willing to assist and educate people on how to make their work better.鈥�

L-R: Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, Director of Public Affairs, NCC; Yetunde Akinloye, Director of Policy, Competition and Economic Analysis; Omulu’s daughter, Osmond Omulu, Senior Manager, Policy, Competition and Economic Analysis; Omulu’s wife; Usman Malah, Director of Human Capital and Administration; and Yakubu Gontor, Director of Financial Services at NCC

The NCC said even those who are his seniors, who met him at the Commission and others who worked with him as colleagues prior to his sojourn at NCC all recalled how much Omulu guided them through basic processes in the system.

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At the valedictory where every speaker spoke like an author of a chapter in a book of memoirs, Omulu was described as a great historian, who put a historical context to every knowledge he had to share with his colleagues.

The Commission also described him as a man, whose physical appearance is in synergy with his soul and spirit because of his predilection not to carry grudges nor hold on to any negative memory about anyone.

The NCC noted in a testimonial: 鈥淓ven when he disagreed with people鈥檚 opinion and conduct, he ensured that things are settled and everyone moved on, as he never had the record of nursing grudges with anybody.鈥�

The personnel of the Commission, many of whom participated virtually in the valedictory programme, further described Omulu as gentlemanly, focused and unassuming as “a living repository of Commission’s cherished standard practice.”

The man, Osmund Omulu, at a glance

Desrcibing him as 鈥榓 man of a modest and humble beginning鈥�, the NCC disclosed that Omolu started his career at the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc as a stenographer and rose to become a Confidential Secretary, but he was so methodical and had acquired so much knowledge that a staff who met him at UBA, and now works at the Commission described as “his first teacher in banking” even though he later joined UBA as a senior to Omulu at the time.

Omulu bids colleagues and friends at NCC goodbye

After Omulu joined NCC, he enrolled for and completed a Degree in Accounting and proceeded to complete his professional examination with the Chartered Institute of Bankers (CIB), a programme he had enlisted for while he was a banker.

Omulu is now a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN).

Married with children, he is perceived as a study in focus and determination, and the send off programme was also attended by Omulu鈥檚 wife and children.

At the forum held in the NCC Conference Room, Directors, Deputy Directors, other senior management staff, as well as staff representing different categories of staff in the organisational hierarchy were present at the event.

Attendees also include persons representing other communities of interests outside the Commission, particularly those with whom Omulu has had long relationship in Abuja, his community in Enugu and in Kano, where he had part of his formal education.

The speakers, taking turns, attested to Omulu’s sterling character and fondness for building community through uniting people, enhancing peaceful co-existence, ensuring thoroughness in delivery of jobs at work place and his bubbling unusual energy despite his age.

鈥淎vuncular, respectful, stickler to rules, tenacious, determined, and with an eye for details,鈥� Omulu was described as bringing all these attributes to bear on his work in ways that have enhanced the work at the Commission.

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According to NCC, the foregoing explained the litany of praises, well-wishes and entreaties that were recurring feature of the tributes and goodwill messages delivered by no fewer than 15 people representing different communities of interest that collaborated to organise, attend and participate in the valedictory forum in his honour.

The presence of four Directors, some Heads of Departments (HODs), and several Heads of Units at the event was regarded as an eloquent testimony to how much Mr. Omulu is loved and appreciated by his colleagues in different cadres at the Commission.

Among several others who spoke so glowingly about Omulu and wished him a blissful life in retirement are his current supevisior, Yetunde Akinloye, who is Director of Policy, Competition and Economic Analysis; Yakubu Gontor, Director, Financial Services; Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, Director of Public Affairs; and Usman Malah, Director of Human Capital and Administration.

Others Management staff include Reuben Mouka of Head, Special Duties; Ibrahim Aliyu, Head, Administration; and Usman Mamman, Head Pre-Licensing, who had worked with Omulu at UBA, also spoke glowingly about Omulu and wished him a blissful life in retirement.