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Bill to establish the
Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Management of
Nigeria
This bill is a private member
bill sponsored by Abdulazeez Idris King, representing Ogori/Magogo Federal
Constituency of Kogi State in the House of Representatives. It scaled the
crucial second reading on the floor of the House last Wednesday and was
referred to the committees on Commerce and Justice for work ahead of its
clause by clause consideration by the committee of the entire House before
its final passage into law.
Leading debate on the bill,
King said the bill seeks to secure and maintain a wider recognition for
the importance of efficient management and techniques of �Purchasing and
Supply� both in the public and private sectors of the country�s economy
and to improve, encourage and maintain high professional standard and
status of purchasing and supply personnel generally.
The Bill
The bill is made up of 18
sections and subdivided in 6 parts
Part
1-Establishment of The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply
Management.
Section
1. Establishment of Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply and Its
Functions.
(1) There is hereby
established a body to be known as chartered Institute of Purchasing and
Supply Management of Nigeria (in this Act referred to as �the Institute�)
which shall be a body Corporate under that name and be charged with the
general duty of:
(a) Determining and reviewing
from time to time what academic standards of knowledge and skills shall be
attained by persons to become registered members of Purchasing and Supply
Managers (in this Act referred to as �the Professional�) (b) Ensuring that
its members maintain a reputable minimum standard of behavior expected of
any professional buyer or stores professional in Nigeria and other parts
of the world;
(c) Making provision for the
training, education and examination of persons desiring to become
professional purchasers according to the provisions of the Act whether in
or abroad;
(d) Regulating the discipline
and professional conduct of its members;
(e) Promoting and projecting
the welfare of its members both in Nigeria and abroad;
(f) Arranging conferences,
seminars, symposia, and meetings for discussion of supplies and related
matters, reading of papers and delivery of lectures, records and other
memoranda instilling high standard of professional ability knowledge by
means of periodic issues of journal of the Institute and to recognize post
qualification courses for its members; and
(g) Doing such things as are
incidental to the aforesaid objects or as the Council may think conducive
for the attainment of these objects or any of them.
(2) The Institute shall have
perpetual succession and a common seal, which shall be kept in such
custody as the Council from time to time, authorize.
(3) The Institute may sue and
be sued in its corporate name and may, subject to the Land Use Act, hold,
acquire and dispose of any property movable or immovable.
Section
2. Composition of the Governing Council of the Institute.
(1) There is hereby
established for the Institute a Governing Council of the Institute (in
this Act Referred to as �the Council�) which shall be charged with the
responsibility for the administration and general management of the
Institute.
(2) The Council shall consist
of members, who are fellow and corporate members of the
Institute-
(a) A President of the
Institute, who shall be the Chairman;
(b) The three Vice-Presidents
of the Institute;
(c) A representative each of
the Federal Ministries of � (i) Finance; (ii) Education;
(d) Four representatives each
of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and
Agriculture (NACCIMA);
(e) Nigerian Federation as a
whole shall be divided into six geopolitical zones and each zone shall
produce a zonal coordinator;
(f) Past Presidents of the
association before the establishment of the Institute; and
(g) Registrar of the
Institute; who shall also be the Secretary of the Council.
(3) The provisions set out in
Schedule 1 of this Act shall have effect with respect to the
qualifications and tenure of office of members of the Council and other
matters therein mentioned.
(4) There shall be for the
Institute a President, and Three (3) Vice Presidents, who shall be
Corporate Members or Fellows of the Institute, to be elected by the
Corporate members at an Annual General Meeting and hold office each for a
term of two years from the date of election and the President shall not be
eligible for re-election after four years (after two tenure).
(5) Qualifications for
election of the President and Vice President
(a) A person shall be
qualified for election to the office of the President and Vice-President
of the Institute if he is a citizen of Nigeria; he has attained the age of
40 years; he has been educated up to at least University or Polytechnic
level with a first degree; he should have paid all his dues for five
consecutive years immediately preceding the year of election; he shall not
have been dismissed from his place of work; he shall be working or
retired; he should not have been adjudged to be a lunatic or declared to
be of unsound mind or adjudged or declared bankrupt;
(b) The President shall be the
Chairman at the meetings of the Institute. However in the event of death,
resignation, incapacity or inability for any reason of the President, to
perform the functions of his office, the first Vice President shall act in
his stead for the unexpired portion of the term of office, or as the case
may require, and reference in this construed accordingly;
(c) The President and first
Vice President shall respectively be Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the
Council established in Section 2 of this Act;
(d) If the President or
Vice-President ceases to be a member of the Institute, he shall cease to
hold any of the offices designated under this section.
Section
3. Admission the Institute and Classes of members.
(1) Subject to the provisions
of this Act, a member admitted to the Institute shall-
(a) possess an adequate
knowledge of purchasing and supply and be registered as chartered member
of the Institute in the category of
(i) Fellows; or
(ii) Corporate; or
(iii) Graduate Member; or
(iv) Associate
Member
(v) Student Member;
or
(vi) Honorary
Fellow
(2) A person accorded by the
Council established by this Act the status of purchasing and supply
manager shall be enrolled as-
(a) A fellow if-
(i) He is a corporate member
of high professional standing, who has served the Institute and had
nothing less than seven years experience in a senior purchasing and supply
post in a private or public organization at the time of his application or
enrolment; or
(ii) He is a corporate member
of high professional standing who is not currently engaged in purchasing
and supply but who has served the Institute for a period not less than
seven years and employed in a senior management position
(b) A corporate member if-
(i) He has passed all the
parts of the examinations prescribed by the Council and has a minimum of
three years continuous working experience in Purchasing and Supply in any
private or public organization
(ii) He is a member of a
foreign Purchasing and Supply Professional body recognized by the council
equivalent to that of membership of the Institute and he has a minimum of
one year working experience in any private or public organization in
Nigeria, failing which appropriate subjects shall be expected to be passed
before enrollment; or
(iii) In order that a
corporate member retains his membership, such member must update his
professional programme;
(iv) To be eligible for
election into any position in the institute, a corporate member or fellow
(not Honorary fellow) must have paid his/her dues for four consecutive
years immediately preceding the year of the election;
(c) Graduate member if-
(i) He is in possession of
academic and other requirements as prescribed by the Council from
time;
(ii) He is pursuing a course
in purchasing and supply in any institution approved by the Council.
However, he is not eligible to vote or be voted for at elections of the
Institute;
(d) Associate member if-
(i) He is in possession of
requisite qualification from other field of studies; and
(ii) As may be determined from
time to time by the Council. Provided that he shall not be eligible to
vote or be voted for at any election of the Institute;
(e) An honorary fellow of the
Institute shall be a person of distinction in the field of supply, law,
stores, accounting, political economy, management and kindred discipline
admitted or elected as such by a resolution of the Council. However, he is
not eligible to vote or be voted for at elections of the
Institute;
(f) (i) a person who desires
to be admitted into the Institute shall make a formal application to
registrar of the Institute on the appropriate form as shall from time to
time be prescribed by the Council and shall state under what class of
membership he seeks admission;
(ii) An application for
membership shall, in addition to evidence of qualification, satisfy the
Council that-
(a) He is of good
character;
(b) He has not been convicted
by any competent court of law or tribunal in Nigeria or elsewhere of an
offence involving fraud or dishonesty, or such other offence as in the
opinion of the Council would render the applicant unfit to be a member of
the Institute;
(iii) The registrar shall
place before the Council all applications for admission stating in each
case whether the applicant is qualified for registration in the class
under which he seeks admission and if not so qualified, whether he
qualifies for admission under any other class.
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