CIPM moves to end HR quackery in Nigeria
The Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM) says the institute is determined to tackle human resources (HR) management quackery to address its fallouts across various sectors of the Nigerian economy.
The President of CIPM, Mr. Olusegun Mojeed, said this during a news conference in celebration of the institute’s 55th anniversary and the 55th International Conference and Exhibition on Wednesday in Lagos.
Mojeed noted that the event slated for November 13–16 at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, would be declared open by President Bola Tinubu.
He said that for regulatory bodies to ensure global best practises, everyone engaged in quackery must be brought to book to bring out the best in every sector of the economy.
Mojeed noted that one major challenge beguiling the human resources profession remained the issue of quackery, where unqualified, uncertified people practised people management.
According to him, organisations that do not value the people element think they can just put anybody to run human resources.
Mojeed also emphasised the need for people running both government and private sector affairs to be properly certified.
“You do not put a non-accountant in charge of your finances, a non-engineer to come and build your houses, or a non-banker to run a bank for you, so why do that to run people management?
“When a quack is caught in the act, the first thing is to go to court, as the law of the land stipulates.
“And you know, the funny thing is that if this quack repents and comes through the proper channel, they too will be licenced to practise.
“We are not looking for monopolies; what we are saying is that let things be done the way they should be done, and as an institute, we have now decided to wake up to our responsibilities to stop quacks from defrauding innocent people.
“This is because by the law of this land, the CIPM is the only recognised professional body to manage, develop, and regulate the practise of people management,” he said.
Mojeed also emphasised the need for HR professionals to become employee advocates and credible activists as they liaise between employees and management.
He noted that while the HR professional is neither a unionist nor a business owner, he must be able to balance the roles between the two by employing strategic thinking abilities in the affairs of any organisation.
Addressing the institute at 55 years old, the CIPM president said that though a lot had been done to grow the institute, they had just begun scratching the surface of growth.
“In the last three years, there have been a lot of expansion moves by the institute, including the creation of the CIPM United Kingdom branch, the Canada branch, and the soon-to-be the United States of America branch.
“We recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development in the U.K., and that covers a whole lot and brings about a lot of benefits for our members.
“Going forward for the HR profession is that recognition that, as a profession, we cannot act in isolation, and so, it’s important for us to work in collaboration with other organisations across the public and private sectors of the economy,” he said.
