CIPM seeks lasting solution to unemployment

Punch reports, the President, Chartered Institute of Personnel Management, Mr. Anthony Arabome, has promised to partner with the Federal Government to find a lasting solution to unemployment.

Speaking at his investiture in Lagos, he said the partnership would also include strengthening the educational sector in order to tackle the menace from its roots.

Arabome added that there were plans to align the institute’s curriculum with more tertiary institutions across the country.

CIPM had recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Covenant University to improve human resource capacity in its undergraduates.

The president had said that the collaboration would facilitate a smooth transition of university graduates to the organisations where they would be hired, as most companies were seeking competent people who would manage their resources in the competitive environment.

The move, according to him, will make the graduates more marketable and most sought after in the marketplace.

He acknowledged the success that the immediate past President of the institute, Mr. Victor Famuyibo, had recorded saying that “the current success of CIPM will not have been possible without the excellent successive leadership we have.”

The Chief Executive Officer, African Capital Alliance, Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah, expressed confidence in the institute’s ability to address job deficit and inadequate competence in the labour market under the leadership of Arabome.

He noted that human resource was a challenge to the private and public sectors as well as the civil society, adding that for the country to maintain its position as the giant of Africa, it must find a lasting solution to the problem.

However, Enelamah expressed optimism that the Federal Government which had started making moves towards transforming the country would tackle the human capital deficit.