Why We Need a National Project Management Professional Body in Nigeria

There are laws and code of ethics guiding the practices of Law, Medicine, Pharmacy and other established professions in Nigeria. These professional disciplines also have national bodies and associations that represent its practitioners, and monitor and maintain the standard of its profession. Project Management, though a relatively new and growing profession, has been globally accepted as a professional discipline that is applied to many aspects of an organization’s strategic plan.

Project management is now one the most sought after professional skills in the world. There are lots of projects of various sizes and complexities going on in Nigeria, both in the private and public sectors leading to a high demand for Project Managers within the country.

Nigeria needs to set up a national body representing the interests of project, program and portfolio management practitioners within the country.

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