The Abuja Office of The Nigerian
Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), held her last monthly
exercise on Saturday, December 14, 2019.
Speaking with journalists, the
Acting Coordinator, NIMASA Abuja Zonal Office, Mrs. Moji Jimoh, charged its
staff to engage in regular exercise, so as to enhance physical fitness, overall
health, and to improve productivity. She noted that most of the health
challenges people face today, can be prevented or managed better with constant
exercise.
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“It is a good development, we had
one a few months ago and management made it a monthly exercise for staff and
family members to keep fit, to be up and doing in their place of work.
“Health is wealth, that is the
background to this, and we hope to make it a monthly affair for all staff.
“We urge everyone to buy into the
scheme, and beyond making it monthly, it should be a daily affair for everybody.
We are encouraging all staff and family members and even friends too, let us
make exercise a daily affair”, she advised
Also speaking, the NIMASA Abuja
Public Relations Officer, Mrs. Chika Chukwudi, said that the management of the
agency is doing everything possible to ensure that the staff are all fit and
strong to carry out the agency’s activities. She noted that the staff and their
families were carried along this time to create closer bonding among families
and also for the work of NIMASA to go on well.
According to her, “I can attest that
we are all fit and are ready to do the job ahead of us. We appreciate the
effort the management is making to see that the staff are fit and we say kudos
to the Director General, Dakuku Peterside, who is doing everything possible to
make sure that every staff is fit”.
Dr. Edidiong Udom, a medical Doctor
who gave a talk on the benefits of exercising the body, noted that exercising
helps the heart and also burns excess sugar that would have stored up in the
body, adding that it is simply a way of servicing the body to function
optimally.
“I tell people to exercise nothing
less than three times in a week, but as a group, NIMASA is doing it every month
and I applaud them for that because some people need that monthly push in order
to habitually exercise,” he remarked.
Dr. Edidiong Udom who came as a
resource person taught participants on how to exercise the eyes and advised
people to form a habit of regular exercise no matter how little, “You
don’t have to be hard on yourself, but it is good that everyone exercises their
body, if not it will shut down. Exercise will help the organs and cells to work
optimally”, he added.
The walk started from the Agency’s
office in Maitama and terminated at the Millennium Park with excitement and
refreshment.
(NewsdotAfrica)