By Deborah Coker
Chartered Institute of Project Managements of Nigeria (CIPMN) has underscored the significance of professionalising undertaking administration throughout all sectors as a strategic pathway to unlocking Nigeria’s financial potential.
The Registrar General and Chief Executive Officer of the institute, Mr Henry Mbadiwe, stated this on the 2026 National Industrial Manpower Summit in Abuja
Mbadiwe stated in an announcement signed by by the Head of Press and Public Relations Unit, CIPMN, Mr Edeaghe Benjamin, on Thursday, that professionalising undertaking administration would strengthen human capital and speed up nationwide improvement.
He stated that the summit with the theme, “Unlocking Nigeria’s Human Capital for Industrial Transformation: Building Skills, Driving Innovation and Creating Prosperity”, would create a pathway in direction of strengthening the career.
He famous that sustainable nationwide improvement and industrial development depended largely on efficient undertaking supply, competent manpower and adherence to skilled requirements.
According to him, undertaking administration goes past administrative tasks to serving as a vital basis for infrastructure improvement, industrial enlargement and profitable implementation of progressive concepts.
He additionally pressured that reaching significant industrial transformation and sustainable prosperity required deliberate funding in skilled competence, workforce improvement and the enforcement of recognised requirements throughout all sectors of the financial system.
“When project delivery is anchored on standardised practices, transparency and accountability, it will eliminate resource wastage, reduce project abandonment and maximise the return on human capital investment,” he stated.
Mbadiwe described CIPMN as a Federal Government institute assigned with the accountability of licensing and certification, regulation and supervision, as properly coaching {and professional} standardisation.
He defined that the objective was to advertise competence, uphold moral conduct and equip practitioners with the information and abilities required to handle initiatives successfully.
Reaffirming the institute’s dedication to nationwide improvement, Mbadiwe stated that CIPMN is guided by its imaginative and prescient in professionalising undertaking administration in direction of constructing a extra sustainable future for the nation.
He stated the institute would proceed to collaborate with authorities businesses, private-sector organisations and academic establishments to advertise efficient undertaking administration practices and assist sustainable improvement throughout the nation.
He urged practising undertaking managers, company organisations and public-sector establishments to align their operations with relevant CIPMN statutory necessities {and professional} pointers.
According to him, efficient undertaking administration is important to making sure that investments in nationwide improvement yielded lasting financial and social advantages.
He pressured that institutional collaboration, skilled competence and accountability remained very important to decreasing undertaking failures, enhancing useful resource utilisation and translating Nigeria’s improvement investments into tangible outcomes for residents. (NAN)
Edited by Philip Yatai
