The Chartered Institute of Project Managers of Nigeria (CIPMN) has expressed its readiness to deliver the human capital development element of President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
The Registrar of CIPMN, Mr Henry Mbadiwe, told newsmen on Thursday in Abuja that the Institute was already playing a key role towards ensuring that.”The Renewed Hope Agenda is not something you can deliver in one year. That is just the truth. Human capital development is one of the key drivers of this administration.
” President Tinubu has made it very clear. It is not just about subsidies or about handouts. He has made it very clear that this is a very difficult time.
“CIPMN role is simple, to take that human capital development element of the renewed hope agenda and push it to the end, other elements can be handed to other people,” he said.
Mbadiwe said the Institute was also taking steps to work with various organisations like the Bureau of Public Procurement to ensure that contracts were delivered by only licenced project managers.
“CIPMN can ensure every project in this country is handled by a licensed project manager.
” We can also ensure all Ministries Departments and Agencies (MDAs) will put planning, risk management and chain management in the centre of all of its activities in this country.
” If you do that, you will stop seeing abandoned projects in Nigeria. It is as simple as that. It is human capital, the skill sets of an individual,” he said.
Mbadiwe expressed concerns that projects within MDAs were being managed by directors without the necessary project management qualifications, which contributes to inefficiencies.
“Everybody who is managing project in Nigeria, or leading project in Nigeria, the CIPMN Act says you must be licensed by CIPMN for you to manage project.
“You can not manage a project in Nigeria if you are not licensed by this institute.
“Everybody in any MDA or private sector, who is leading project in Nigeria and not licensed by CIPMN is in contravention of the Act establishing this institute, ” he said.
According to Mbadiwe, the institute is prepared to enforce the provisions of the Act, with full implementation slated to begin next year.
“By 2024, we will start enforcing the law and holding organisations accountable. We will publicly call out agencies that fail to comply with the Act,” he warned.
On the institute’s achievements, Mbadiwe said that CIPMN had developed a Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standard (CCMAS) for project management in Nigerian universities.
He said the institute had also inaugurated a skills development programme for artisans through the Industrial Training Fund’s (ITF) SUPA programme.
“For the first time, artisans are being taught project planning, risk management, and stakeholder management.” This elevates their work quality, which in turn contributes to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth,” he said.
Addressing past controversies surrounding the institute, Mbadiwe restated the legal dissolution of its former governing council and his reappointment as Registrar.
He criticised former president Victoria Okoronkwo and vice-president Jamilu Yakwashi for continuing to claim leadership roles, in spite of a court ruling certifying their removal.
“The only legitimate CIPMN today is the result of the President’s actions in 2022, which dissolved the self-appointed council and appointed a sole administrator to bring in a new leadership,” he said.
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