The Institute of Corporate And Public Sector Professionals (ICPSP) has inducted 84 new members, to make up 205 professionals in various fields registered as its members since establishment in 2014.

   
President of the institute, Dr. Folashade Airebamen, disclosed this at the ICPSP 2022 membership induction and investiture, held in Lagos.
 
She said the institute was able to grow sporadically as a result of its commitment to excellent services and value-adding programmes and projects offered to its members and the society at large.
 
According to her, the institute inducted a total of 84 new members for the 2022 induction.
  
Airebamen indicated that nine Honorary Fellow members, 21 Fellow members, 36 associate fellow members, seven graduate members and 11 affiliate members were inducted into the institute.
  
“We have also enjoyed collaborations, goodwill and recommendations from several organisations, associations and individuals of repute such as the Nigerian Women of Journalists (NAWOJ) , London Centre For Training And Development (LCTD) , among others.
  
“I congratulate all our inductees of today and welcome you on behalf of the institute’s council to the ICPSP family.
  
“Indeed you have made the right choice to join the institute with a vision and mission to help you become the best professional anywhere you find yourself and support your daily effort to impact people’s lives and the society at large.
  
“The institute expects you as a member to also key into its mission of affecting the sectors you belong to positively and by extension the society through shared values, experiences and mentorship from fellow members.
  
“You must also uphold the image, standard and integrity of the institute and do not engage in dealings that would bring it to disrepute, ” she said.
   
According to her, the ICPSP’s governing council will continue to support the actualisation of the expectations of its members.

In his lecture, legal luminary and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, urged professionals not to shy away from active participation in politics as the polity requires their innovations to move the nation forward.
  
The human rights activist, who delivered the induction lecture, themed, “Policy Innovation and Public Service; From Idea To Impact”, expressed disappointment that professionals in Nigeria were not politically active, thereby leaving professional politicians to take over the democratic space.
  
According to him, such an attitude by professionals was responsible for the leadership problems confronting the country.
 
“If our professionals have been running our country well in the last 23 years, our country should be ahead of the world by now.
 
“Professionals must highlight their role in the society and define them by asking those who wish to lead the country critical questions that would make them accountable, ” he said.
 
Falana urged ICPSP to be more committed to its mandate of training and retraining of professionals, and also enforcing ethical standards and code of conduct.
  
In a keynote address delivered virtually, UK-based Nigerian Chartered Accountant, Olanrewaju Sharafa, urged tertiary institutions and professional bodies to contribute to policies and commit to research.