Training: Institute To Clampdown On Unregistered Organisations

The  Nigeria Institute of Training and Development  (NITAD) has said that it will soon commence clampdown  on all  unregistered  organisations, both in the public and private  sectors  of the Nigeria Economy.
Chairman of the Rivers/Bayelsa chapter of the Institute, Mrs. Osondu Nkem Jaja,  disclosed this last Thursday, while speaking with newsmen at a one day training programme, organised for, permanent  secretaries, Directors,  and  Heads of Ministries, Departments and  Agencies(MDAS) in  Rivers State, she said the institute was established  in 1989, was vested with statutory  responsibility of ensuring strict  compliance  to mandatory professional training for all its members and other  training institutions.
She  pointed out that the objective of the Institute  was to check issues of ethical  violations and professional  Misconduct and promote International best practices in service delivery.
The chairman said the institute was presently carrying out public sensitizations for individuals   and corporate organisations to register as certified trainers or risk been picked.
According to the chairman, the clampdown on unregistered members, will commence, after, the (NITAD) bill currently before the National Assembly is passed. She pointed out that the bill will empower the instate to be chartered to provide accredited and continuous professional   education in the country. She said the Institute was poised to promote International  Interachas and exposure  of its  members through affiliation and co-operation with the international Federation of Training  and Development  (IFDO), American  Society  for Training and  Development (AATD) and  the  chartered  Institute of personnel  and Development (CIPD).
She added that, “the Institute currently  has more than, 10,000 individual  and 1000 corporate members,  while its services are recognized and supported by the Industrial Training Fund  (ITF), the centre for management Development, (CMD) Administration Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON) and office of Establishment and Management  Service of the Federal   Secretariat Abuja”.
The chairman  emphasized that the    Institute  will not compromise in standards in terms of human  resources, training,  learning and development facilitation  functions in Nigeria, she called on the Media, and other  critical  stakeholders to partner with the institute to  affairs its set objectives.

Taneh Beemene