Allen Tabi Emerges ERuDeF 2013 Best Staff

  The Officer in charge of Protected Area Development for ERuDeF has won the coveted prize for best staff of the year.

Enokenwa Allen Tabi was elected, January 6, 2014 during ERuDeF’s 2014 planning meeting, which took place at the organisation’s head office in Buea, South West Region, under the auspices of ERuDeF President/CEO, Louis Nkembi. He won an overwhelming majority of 18 out of 24 votes.

The Director in charge of Economic Operations, Forbe Hodu, emerged second best staff while Asa’a Lemawah, Coordinator of ERuDeF’s Threatened Trees Project, came third.

Meanwhile, Fabian Asong was unanimously voted as ERuDeF’s best driver for 2013.

Allen Tabi received a cash prize of 100.000 frs cfa as motivation for a job well done while Forbe Hodu who grabbed the second position received 75.000 and Asa’a Lemawah went home with 50.000 frs cfa.

The selection process for the best staff started in December 2013 with the nomination of some 10 outstanding technical staff and a driver. Three of the staff with the highest nominations including Tabi, Hodu and Asa’a were selected and voted during the General Assembly.

An elated Tabi told The Green Vision: “Even though I contributed enormously towards the enhancement of the organisation’s overall mission and accomplished all my planned tasks for the year, I had no idea that I would be the best staff of the year. To be sincere, I nominated other staff for this award. It is sometimes difficult to evaluate yourself. In any case, I feel happy to receive the award. It is a motivating factor in my career.”

Tabi equally said he could not take all the glory for the award.

“I would say that all the staff of ERuDeF merited this award, because all of us always work together to achieve the common goal for the organisation.”

The laureate attributed his success to hard work, duty consciousness and humility; encouraging other staff to be devoted and be hard working for “hard work is the key to success.”

Tabi holds a B.Sc in Animal Biology and a Masters degree in Ecology and Wildlife Management from the University of Dschang. He was recruited into ERuDeF in 2011 as a biologist.

By Ndimuh Bertrand Shancho