The NAPMP is a National Platform to Promote the Practice of Project Management in Nigeria - Taopheek Babayeju

The case and need for a national project management professional body in Nigeria has been well discussed in my previous articles titled “The Case for a National Project Management Professional Body in Nigeria” and “Why We Need a National Project Management Professional Body in Nigeria“.

And to this effect, we recently received good news that a National Association of Project Management Professionals (NAPMP) has been officially registered and duly recognized by the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria with effect from May 2014, and to get more information as regarding the newly established association, I had to get in touch with Mr. Taopheek Babayeju.

In case you don’t know him, Mr. Taopheek is the C.E.O of iCentra, the

Taopheek Babayeju

Program Director of the National Project Management Conference (ProMaCon), and a member of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) vested with the responsibility of properly setting up the body, preparing the Articles and Memorandum of Association and also conducting elections to elect permanent officers in accordance with the ratified articles and memo.

Here are the questions I asked Mr. Taopheek:

JERRY: As A Member Of The Interim Management Committee (IMC), Tell Us The Committee’s Responsibility As Regarding Project Management In Nigeria.

TAOPHEEK: One of the responsibilities of the IMC is to harmonize all interest of various bodies within the project management community in Nigeria, and I am privileged to be a member of that committee.

JERRY: How Did The NAPMP Really Came About?

TAOPHEEK: The National Association of Project Management Professionals (NAPMP) is a direct response to years of clamor for a national platform to promote the interest of the practice of project management in Nigeria. But at the third annual National Project Management Conference, ProMaCon 2011, which was attended by about five hundred delegates, there was a stakeholders’ forum with a far reaching resolution for the creation of a national association.

Mr. Ike Nwankwo presented the platform of APM also known as (N)APM for adoption. To actualize this, a team of astute Project Managers were appointed to either midwife the adoption, transform it or outright registration of a new body. At the end of the day, the committee settled for the registration of a new body hence the approval and the recent registration of the body called NAPMP.

JERRY: How Soon Will The Association Begin To Recruit Members?

TAOPHEEK: Membership will commence before the end of the year. The trustees are working on the plan to unveil the association officially, may be at the sixth conference with all the conditions of membership and membership structure.

JERRY: What Impact Do You Think The NAPMP Would Have On Project Management Practices Within Nigeria?


TAOPHEEK: As you are aware, there are lots of opportunities for project manager but it is quite unfortunate that those opportunities are being circumvented by non-project managers because of absence of a common platform of advocacy for project management practice in Nigeria. But with the coming of a national association, there would be adequate representation and promotion of the interest of project management practitioners in Nigeria.

JERRY: Lastly, Give Us Your Own Opinion Of How You Think This Body Will Benefit Project Managers In Nigeria.

TAOPHEEK: It would aid in the establishment of project management as a profession and maintain specialist network of project management practitioners. It will also create a platform for exchange of professional ideas in Nigeria.

Now, we want to hear from you. Tell us what you think about the NAPMP.

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