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2025: CSO admonishes youths to shun crime, embrace agriculture 2025
A Civil Society Organization (CSO), under the aegis of Initiative for Leadership Development and Change (ILDC) has advised Nigerian youths to shun crime but embrace agriculture for self sufficiency in 2025.
Chief Ugochukwu Nnam, President of the CSO, gave the advice in an interview with journalists in Abuja on Sunday.
Nnam said that agricultural transformation has capacity of securing national food security and establishing thriving exports for Nigeria like countries of Israel and Holland.
He frowned at the uncontrollable degree of emigration by Nigerian youths to foreign countries for menial and servile jobs.
“The mad rush into foreign countries for menial jobs should stopped, we just need to look inwards and utilize our God given land through agriculture.
“Nigeria is a blessed country with vast land and water essential for agricultural productivity, so 2025 is a year to utilize this gift instead of embarking on ungodly ventures, ” he said.
The ILDC boss who scored President Bola Tinubu high in economic transformation, urged him to improve on the area of food security.
He identified a coalition between the government and the followers through agricultural vocation as the only way out of hunger.
Nnam saluted Tinubu’s economic policies, which he said are long term policies aimed at benefitting the country at the long run.
According to him, we are not where we are supposed to be but we are at least making progress.
Nnam reiterated his confidence in President Tinubu’s economic policies, urging Nigerians to support him.
The ILDC President commended President Tinubu for engendering local governments’ autonomy in accordance with the principles of federalism.
“I must thank President Tinubu for making local governments’ financially autonomous so that they can drive development at the grassroots.
“Government now is brought very close to the local people who now have the right to hold their chairmen and councillors accountable.”
He affirmed the commitment of his CSO to partner with governments at all levels to promote agriculture.
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Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Management Advocates Digitisation of Procurement Processes, Rolls Out New Website
By Joel Ajayi
The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Management of Nigeria (CIPSMN) has unveiled a revamped website as part of its broader push to accelerate the digitisation of procurement processes across the country.
The relaunch was announced at the institute’s 16th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on Wednesday in Abuja, where the North Central Coordinator of CIPSMN, Abdul Mamman, said the initiative would strengthen real-time information sharing, expand member participation and align the profession with global best practices.
Mamman warned that organisations and professionals who failed to embrace digital procurement risked being left behind in an increasingly technology-driven environment.
According to him, the upgraded website is designed to provide members with timely feedback, wider engagement and access to real-time information within and outside Nigeria.
“By adopting digital procurement systems and platforms, we create opportunities to save time and efficiently analyse large volumes of activities involved in procurement,” Mamman said.
“When you are digitalised, your coverage is wider and information is shared instantly. That is why we are relaunching our website—to ensure broader participation and enable every member to access real-time information.”
He added that the institute was positioning its members to meet global standards in procurement and supply chain management through the adoption of emerging technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence and data analytics.
Mamman explained that the institute’s objective was to add value to procurement by promoting proper sourcing systems, relevant skills, recognised credentials and practical competence.
He also called on the Federal Government to strengthen procurement governance by inaugurating the National Council of Public Procurement, describing it as a critical policy-making body.
“We are appealing to President Bola Tinubu to inaugurate the National Council of Public Procurement,” he said.
“Once inaugurated, the council will oversee procurement activities and report directly to the President, ensuring greater transparency and accountability.”
In his remarks, the President of CIPSMN, Alhaji Sikiru Balogun, said the AGM provided an opportunity to assess the institute’s progress and outline an action plan for 2026.
Balogun disclosed that a major priority for the coming year was securing presidential assent to a bill already passed by the National Assembly, seeking to amend the institute’s name from Purchasing and Supply Management to Procurement and Supply Management.
“The bill has been passed by both the House of Representatives and the Senate. What we now seek is presidential assent,” he said.
“The name change is to align the institute with global best practices and reflect the true scope of the profession worldwide.”
Also speaking, the Registrar of the institute, Alhaji Mohammed Aliyu, described the 2025 AGM as successful, noting growing recognition of procurement as a critical driver of economic development.
Aliyu said the institute remained committed to promoting professionalism, ethical conduct and best practices in procurement, a sector he noted accounts for a significant portion of the national budget.
He called for stricter professionalism in the sector, lamenting what he described as the encroachment of unqualified “mid-career professionals” into procurement roles.
“This is not ideal and is unethical,” he said.
“Our focus in the coming year is to ensure that the profession takes its rightful place, with qualified practitioners occupying procurement positions in both the public and private sectors.”
Aliyu expressed confidence that strengthening professionalism in procurement would support the economic reform agenda of the Tinubu administration and enhance transparency and efficiency in public spending.
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