. Pledges results-driven management
Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt
Director of Planning, Research and Statistics on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Patterson Ogon, has assumed workplace as Chairman of the Rivers State Chapter of the Institute of Strategic Management of Nigeria (ISMNC), pledging to advertise skilled excellence, moral management and measurable outcomes.
Ogon formally took over the chapter’s administrative affairs following a handover ceremony held on the weekend in Port Harcourt, after his election to the place.
Speaking on the chapter’s inaugural assembly, swearing-in ceremony and handover of administrative obligations, the brand new chairman stated his administration would consolidate the achievements of his predecessors whereas strengthening the institute’s position in skilled growth and strategic management.
He stated the chapter would function a platform for strategic considering, mental growth, mentorship and collaboration, stressing that membership should supply tangible alternatives for studying, networking {and professional} development.
“Strategy must translate into practical outcomes. Every programme and initiative undertaken by this chapter must have clear objectives, create demonstrable value and deliver measurable results,” Ogon stated.
He recognized steady skilled growth as a serious precedence, noting that technological development, synthetic intelligence, altering financial realities and evolving management expectations had made adaptability important for professionals.
According to him, his administration will promote seminars, workshops and knowledge-sharing engagements whereas strengthening mentorship and intergenerational studying to mix the expertise of established professionals with the modern concepts and technological consciousness of youthful members.
Ogon additionally pledged to advertise transparency, accountability {and professional} ethics, assuring members that the chapter’s assets can be managed prudently of their collective curiosity.
He known as for stronger collaboration amongst members, state chapters, regional constructions and the institute’s nationwide management, urging professionals to contribute their experience and alternatives in the direction of advancing the organisation.
The National President and Chairman-in-Council of ISMNC, Ndudi Enebeli, welcomed the management transition, describing the Rivers State chapter as notably important to him.
Enebeli, nonetheless, expressed concern over rising apathy amongst members {of professional} our bodies in Rivers State, difficult the brand new government to develop methods to encourage participation and re-engage inactive members.
He urged members to see the institute as a platform for steady studying reasonably than collaborating solely when particular programmes provided speedy private advantages.
“Communication, cooperation and collaboration are essential elements of successful leadership and teamwork,” he stated, whereas encouraging the outgoing government to mentor and help the brand new management.
Enebeli additionally recommended the Rivers chapter’s contributions to the institute’s nationwide management, noting that it had produced the nationwide president and had been recognised because the institute’s best-performing chapter in successive intervals.
Earlier, a former chairman, Nathan Excellence, thanked members of his government committee for his or her help throughout roughly two years in workplace.
Excellence stated his administration was handing over a extra structured institute with improved capability to ship on its targets, expressing confidence that the brand new management would consolidate the beneficial properties recorded and advance the chapter’s development.
