By Daniel Tyokua
The Chartered Institute of Project Managers Nigeria ( CIPMN) on Tuesday, urged government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to shun unregistered project managers across the country.
Dr Jamilu Yankwashi stated this shortly after the special general meeting of the Institute, where he got 18 votes out of the 23 accredited votes to emerged as the new president of the Institute on Tuesday in Abuja,
Prior to his emergency, he served as the vice President (North) in the Governing Council of the Chartered institute Institute of Project Managers, following the removal of President/ chairman Governing Council, Dr Victoria Ihekerenma Okoronkwo by orders of court.
According to him, Project Management was an important part of the built industry, as it plays a critical role in curtailing the growing menace of building collapse and other ill activities.
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 the law has been continually violated.
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 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 offence punishable under Section 19 of the Act which can give you up to two years in prison”.
He further added, ” 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”.
