By Deborah Coker
Chartered Institute of Project Managements of Nigeria (CIPMN) has underscored the significance of professionalising challenge 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 a press release signed by by the Head of Press and Public Relations Unit, CIPMN, Mr Edeaghe Benjamin, on Thursday, that professionalising challenge 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 the direction of strengthening the career.
He famous that sustainable nationwide improvement and industrial progress depended largely on efficient challenge supply, competent manpower and adherence to skilled requirements.
According to him, challenge administration goes past administrative obligations to serving as a crucial basis for infrastructure improvement, industrial enlargement and profitable implementation of modern concepts.
He additionally careworn that attaining 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 duty of licensing and certification, regulation and supervision, as effectively coaching {and professional} standardisation.
He defined that the purpose was to advertise competence, uphold moral conduct and equip practitioners with the data and expertise required to handle tasks successfully.
Reaffirming the institute’s dedication to nationwide improvement, Mbadiwe stated that CIPMN is guided by its imaginative and prescient in professionalising challenge administration in the direction of constructing a extra sustainable future for the nation.
He stated the institute would proceed to collaborate with authorities companies, private-sector organisations and academic establishments to advertise efficient challenge administration practices and help sustainable improvement throughout the nation.
He urged practising challenge managers, company organisations and public-sector establishments to align their operations with relevant CIPMN statutory necessities {and professional} pointers.
According to him, efficient challenge administration is important to making sure that investments in nationwide improvement yielded lasting financial and social advantages.
He careworn that institutional collaboration, skilled competence and accountability remained very important to decreasing challenge failures, bettering useful resource utilisation and translating Nigeria’s improvement investments into tangible outcomes for residents. (NAN)
Edited by Philip Yatai
