By Adebayo Gbeja
The Chartered Institute of Project Management of Nigeria (CIPMN) has commenced enforcement procedures towards unlicenced undertaking managers, warning that offenders danger a minimal of two years imprisonment.
The Registrar-General and Chief Executive Officer of the institute, Mr Henry Mbadiwe, disclosed the warning throughout a press briefing in Abuja on Monday.
Mbadiwe mentioned the institute had secured the help of the Inspector-General of Police, with police formations nationwide directed to help in imposing the legislation regulating undertaking administration observe.
He mentioned the institute had established enforcement constructions, together with authorized procedures, and was partaking organisations to encourage compliance earlier than intensifying motion towards defaulters.
According to him, corporations that proceed to interact unlicenced undertaking managers regardless of the sensitisation efforts will face authorized motion, whereas the people concerned will also be prosecuted.
Mbadiwe burdened that worldwide certifications, skilled levels or different {qualifications} didn’t exempt practitioners from acquiring the licence required by Nigerian legislation.
He mentioned the institute would publish an up to date listing of licenced undertaking managers on its web site in November to allow employers and members of the general public to confirm practitioners’ credentials.
The registrar-general additional disclosed that the institute had recorded about 2,000 members since he assumed workplace on Oct. 30, 2023, including that extra sensitisation was wanted to broaden the pool of licenced professionals.
He mentioned CIPMN had additionally collaborated with the National Universities Commission (NUC) to develop a undertaking administration curriculum for Nigerian universities, which had been adopted to be used by establishments.
Mbadiwe mentioned the initiative was geared toward creating skilled capability amongst college students and inspiring them to acquire the mandatory certification earlier than coming into the workforce.
He added that the institute was working with universities to enrol college students into its skilled membership system, enabling them to pursue recognised {qualifications} and enhance their employment prospects after commencement.
On undertaking failures in Nigeria, Mbadiwe mentioned the institute deliberate to strengthen accountability by making certain that tasks had been dealt with by licenced professionals whose particulars might be tracked by means of its digital system.
He defined that the system would assist the institute determine the undertaking managers chargeable for tasks that failed and examine their skilled conduct and doable negligence.
Mbadiwe additionally mentioned the institute had digitised its licencing and examination processes to make sure transparency, forestall manipulation and permit certified candidates to finish examinations remotely beneath digital monitoring.
He mentioned the system used facial recognition and different monitoring mechanisms to confirm candidates’ identities and discourage examination malpractice.
The registrar-general added that CIPMN would maintain its annual convention between Nov. 3 and 4, forward of the International Project Management Day celebration on Nov. 5.
He mentioned the four-day programme, scheduled to run till Nov. 6, would deliver collectively licenced undertaking administration professionals and different stakeholders to advertise consciousness {of professional} requirements and efficient undertaking supply in Nigeria.
“The initiative is intended to demonstrate that project management requires established methodologies, principles and frameworks to deliver projects successfully and contribute to national development,” he mentioned.(NAN)
Edited by Deborah Coker
