We determine and periodically review academic practice standards, regulate companies’ compliance with project management deliverables, and license qualified project management practitioners.
We ensure that members uphold reputable conduct and maintain the professional standards expected of project managers and project management practices in Nigeria and across the world.
We provide oversight of project management practice in Nigeria by overseeing practitioners, enforcing compliance with professional regulations, and promoting standards that ensure excellence in service delivery.
We are responsible for designing and implementing a structured curriculum for the training, education, and examination of individuals aspiring to become professional project managers, Project Management Office (PMO) specialists, project management consultants, as well as practicing project management professionals in Nigeria.
We are responsible for certifying project managers, ensuring that only individuals who meet the approved academic, professional, and ethical standards are recognized as competent project management practitioners in Nigeria.
We establish and enforce standards for project management practice in Nigeria, promoting sustainability, accountability, and global best practices across the profession.
The Chartered Institute of Project Managers of Nigeria (CIPMN) is a Federal Government Agency under the supervision of the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Investment, established by the CIPMN Act No. 3 of 2018 in Gazette No. 15, Vol. 105, signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR. CIPMN is the Sole Government Regulatory Body mandated to Regulate, Certify, License, and Supervise Project Managers in Nigeria while building project management capacity across industries. Since its establishment, the Institute has played a vital role in enhancing project management best practices across various sectors through capacity-building initiatives and strategic collaborations.
Henry Ifeanyichukwu Mbadiwe is a scion of the illustrious Mbadiwe dynasty of Imo State. His family, known for its long-standing reputation in enterprise, innovation, and service, has consistently been at the forefront of the struggle for national development, unity, and integration in Nigeria. From his uncle, Chief Igwegbe Odum, a wealthy merchant and warrant chief whose exploits inspired the storyline for Omenuko, the first Igbo novel published in 1934 by Pita Nwana, to his uncle, Dr. Kingsley Ozuomba Mbadiwe, the unforgettable “Man of Timber and Calibre” who served Nigeria for forty years in the first and second republics as Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, pioneer Minister of Aviation, Minister of Trade, and Minister of Communications; to another uncle who was one of Nigeria’s earliest millionaires, Chief J. Green Mbadiwe, a Kaduna-based entrepreneur, gold miner, and proprietor of Green’s Hotel, Kaduna, who funded Nigerian nationalism and was the financial backbone of Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe’s West African Pilot newspaper empire, to his cousins, National Assembly member Dr. Eddie Ifeanyi Mbadiwe and Nigeria’s former Envoy to the Republic of Congo, Amb. Greg Ozuomba Mbadiwe (MFR), as well as many other Mbadiwe individuals currently serving this great nation both at home and overseas, the Mbadiwe family is celebrated for their patriotism and nationalism.
Interested members of the public who have a minimum of first-degree certification in any field, and he/she is ready to sit for the mandatory CIPMN professional examination are hereby welcome to submit their documents via info@cipmn.gov.ng or call 08023640329.
The Institute is encouraging old members to revalidate their membership by sending the following information to revalidation@cipmn.gov.ng or visiting CIPMN National Headquarters, Block C Annex Federal Old Secretariat, Area 1, Garki, Abuja.
