Abia NIM Chapter ends year with summit after two decades of inactivity.

 Malitus Okafor, Umuahia

Abia State Chapter Chairman of Nigerian Institute of Management, Chris Agbara has revealed that the 2022 End of Year Summit was part of the present leadership of the Institute in the State as one measure to resuscitate the Chapter.

Agbara who made the observation in his address presented at the End of the Year Summit of the State Chapter in Umuahia over the weekend said the event marked the present leadership one year in the annals of the chapter’s Resuscitation Agenda.

“A chapter of established over two decades by our foresighted founding members to give full time Professional activities in our various areas of specialization and employment.

“Our efforts at resuscitating the Chapter has not been easy or light. It has been a journey lined up with intimidating huddles and frightening challenges. Though the difficulties that we encountered were great, greater still is our strong trust in the Almighty God and our ability to dispose ourselves as willing instruments in his divine hands”.

He recalled that when the new executive of the State Chapter came on board sometime in September 2021, the chapter took the first position in the number of participants for om the South East, “ Our female members were sponsored to the Women in Management Conference, Abuja, while our members were elevated to the highest rank of Fellow of the Institute”.

In the Lecture Paper presented by Barrister Mike Obi-Okezie on the Topic, “Social Injustice in Nigeria”, regretted that the Justifiable and Enforcement of  Chapter Two of the Nigeria Constitution on Social Justice are outed by Section 6(c) of the Constitution.

He was of the view that if right to personal liberty, right to fair hearing, right to private and family life can be made Justiciable and enforceable as enshrined in the Chapter 4 of the Constitution, “Therefore right to food, education, social objectives, economic objectives, cultural values which are enshrined in Chapter two of the Constitution should be made Justiceable and enforceable in our regular courts”.

He posted that a review of the 1999 Constitution to birth a new  Constitution that would vest the ordinary Citizens such as right to food, right to education, right to welfare packages, “Including pensions and retirement benefits  would address the bourgeoning inequality that has defined our national life”.

Earlier in their former Secretary to the Abia State Government, Pastor Ralph Egbu has has identified Management of Nigeria’s abundant Human and material Resources by it’s leaders as the greatest challenge facing the Country from advancing from the present global Ratings.

Egbu who also is Journalist and a Co-chairman of the event  further observed that a system that does not encourage Meritocracy will also end and n the mismanagement of the Country’s scares resources  that often lead to Poverty, hardship and Corruption.

“The Challenge of Nigeria is Meritocracy, where there is no efficiency, there lays the problem, but, we have the problem of Management”, he further revealed.

Also, another Co-chairman, Engr. IzuchukwuOnwughara said belonging to different professional bodies would further horn a member into achieving Excellence.

Presenting the mission of NIM and the event, a Fellow of the Institute and National Council member from the State, Deaconess Ijeoma Okeredisclosed that one of the reasons behind the summit was  to enable the chapter plan ahead of 2023.

Okere who also is the State  Commissioner for Transport described the institution as an institute that houses professionals and that the State Chapter has 12 branches, “As an Institute, we should help to fish out other professionals that would help the Institute to achieve it’s mission”.

Highlights of the summit was the Award of Excellence on some notable persons of the State that includes, Dr Chris Akomas, for Deputy Governor of the State and member Mobilization and Revenue Commission, Abuja, Chief Sam Onuigbo, member representing, Ikwuano/ Umuahia Federal Constituency, Deaconess Ijeoma Okere among others.