In its commitment to
expand growth and development opportunities to all classes of Nigerians through
capacity enhancement, International Facility Management Association (IFMA) Nigeria
hasdisclosed plans to massively expand her capacity training programmes in
2016. The association unveiled this plan recently at her 18th Annual
General Meeting held recently in Lagos.
Speaking
at the AGM, President of the Association, Mr. Richard Okesola disclosed that
IFMA’s utmost commitment to members and non-members remain
unchanged despite various challenges faced in 2015. Hereiterate that the
Council together with the Educational and Training Committee with effect from
February 2016 will begin the delivery of specific/customized training programs
for Technicians, Artisans, middle level Managers and the top Management
Executives.
"This will be in
addition to our regular certification trainings. We shall need the contribution
of you all in spreading the good news to your colleagues, superiors and the
public at large for the success of this program"
he added.
Mr.
Okesola further revealed that last year’s experience was very challenging but
equally exciting and rewarding. He spoke further: “with your effort and our
collective resilience to excel we have restored our corporate brand and brought
to the consciousness of the public at large, what IFMA Nigeria stands for and
the need to THINK FM and LIVE FM! Just as our nation is struggling to embrace
and sustain the change mantra, our Council pushed rigorously the need for our
people to embrace the culture of facility management in every facet of our
lives. It is the only way we can guarantee and sustain a beautiful,
comfortable, healthy, safe and secured living standard with lots of economic
prosperity”.
The
President further added that, IFMANigeria will sustain the
new tempo by working harder in the coming year. His words:“No doubt, funding
will be required to successfully execute all our plans and galvanize various stakeholders
for different collaborative activities as may be organized with other
professional bodies and government agencies. I am glad to inform you all that,
the benefits of these efforts will begin to get to all our members in due
course. Indeed, the association is determined to penetrate into all government
agencies and parastatals”.
IFMA Nigeria was
established in 1995 by a group of well-meaning professionalswho subscribe to
Mobil’s cliché of courageous leadership to achieve premium quality performance
in various areas,the aim of these multi-disciplined
professionalsin Mobil, Chevron was to establish international standard of
facility management and quality maintenance ofstructures in Nigeria.
The body has pulled
together a good number of facility management professionals who today have,
through their individual and corporate involvement, built a relationship that is
gradually shapingthe future of IFMA’s high quality activities through
education, training, lectures, facility tours, interactive seminars and
research.
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