The Chartered Institute of Project Managers Nigeria, CIPMN, has decried the deployment of unregistered project managers by Ministries, Department and Agencies, MDA as well as Public sector players.
The newly inaugurated President of the CIPMN, Dr Jamilu Yankwashi said that Project Management was an important part of the building industry, as it plays a critical role in curtailing the growing menace of building collapse.
He was speaking in Abuja Nigeria’s capital after taking their oath of office on Tuesday.
Yankwashi noted that the newly elected members of the CIPMN Governing Board would begin enforcement of all relevant provisions of the Institute Act, once they are inaugurated.
According to him, “the Act of the Institute makes it mandatory for both public and private sectors players to ensure that all project managers were duly certified by CIPMN, but this law has been continually violated.”
He further explained that going forward any person found practicing without licences will be arrested and prosecuted.
He said, ” Section 14 subsection 9 of the CIPMN establishment Act, No 3 of 2018, clearly provided that nobody shall be appointed to manage projects in any organisation whether it is the public sector, organisation, or private sector organisation without the licence of the Chartered Institute or project of Nigeria and if you ever do that, you have committed an offence punishable under Section 19 of the Act which can give you up to two years in prison.”
He further said; ” I wanted to ensure that issue of enforcement because if you can’t enforce the powers in the field, literally, you are empowering people in the project sites to do the wrong thing.”
Dr Yankwashi said the issue of building collapse has called for major concern across the country.
He called on the government to enforce regulations in the field of projects management.
He also urged ministry, department and agencies and public sectors players to prioritise the engagement of registered managers for their projects.
Mercy Chukwudiebere
