Leadership crisis rocks Chartered Institute of Project Managers

By Stanley Onyekwere

Barely, twenty-four hours after the purported election that made Dr. Jamilu Yankwashi as the President of the Chartered Institute of Project Managers Nigeria (CIPMN), at its Special General Meeting on Tuesday, in Abuja, the embattled pioneer President/Chairman of the Governing Council of the Institute, Dr. Victoria Okoronkwo has declared the development as a nullity.

Okoronkwo, who claimed to be the Founder of the Institute, also distanced the Institute from the purported election that thrown up Yankwashi as its new leader, firmly maintaining that she is still the rightful President and Chairman of the governing council of the Institute.

It was gathered that the seemingly major crisis rocking the leadership of the Institute, which started from the purported court order/judgement that removed Dr. Okoronkwo as the president and Chairman of the governing council of the Institute took another dimension when Yankwashi was declared as the new leader, at the end of the Tuesday’s disputed election.

Speaking at a news briefing, Dr. Okoronkwo, who vehemently denied Dr. Yankwashi’s claim, noted that he had no authority to call for a special meeting or conduct any election.

She further revealed that she had already appealed the court judgement, and obtained a Stay of Execution.

She therefore declared that the actions of Dr. Yankwashi are contemptuous of the court and that the election is null and void.