The Management of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos, has rewarded 51 staff members drawn from different departments.
Fifty of those recognised received the best staff awards, while a Nurse from the Psychiatric Unit, Mrs. Lateef Ibijoke, received the Special Recognition Award with a cash gift of N250, 000.
Prof. Olufemi Fasanmade, Chairman of LUTH Medical Advisory Committee (CMAC), speaking at a ceremony in honour of the staff said that the award of recognition was to encourage members of staff to work hard.
“Once in a year, we gather together to identify people who are outstanding, and such people will be encouraged, while those who are not working hard before will also be encouraged.
“This is a way of trying to encourage our staff to put in their best, because by doing so, they will want to improve their performance. You can see a lady that was given a special recognition award going home with N250, 000 due to her hard work.
“This will make other members of staff to change their attitude toward work, “he said.
In his own remarks, the Director of Administration, LUTH, Mr. Babajide Grillo, said that the special recognition award was the highlight of the event, advising other workers to emulate the nurse.
“We are happy that the nurse has been a good ambassador of the institution through her hard work; some patients had written the hospital management to commend her hard work and professionalism.
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“The LUTH Management Board will present her with N100, 000; also the patient’s family is giving her N50, 000 and another N100, 000 from the LUTH Optical Centre,” he said.
Responding, the recipient of the 2018 Special Recognition Award, Ibijoke, expressed her gratitude to the management and urged her colleagues and other health workers to always keep good relationship with their patients.
“This is one of the best days since I have been practising nursing in the past 22 years; now I am being recognised for my hard work and dedication. I have worked in various departments and always make sure I handle my patients with so much compassion which has contributed to this great honour today.
“My advice to all my colleagues is that hard work pays, and we should always motivate our patients and never discriminate among them,” she said.
The award ceremony was part of the LUTH Week, which ran from Oct. 22 to 26 with the theme: “Teamwork, A Guiding Light for Changing Times.”
