CPN Aims for Improved Compliance with Standards

The Computer Professionals (Registration Council of Nigeria), (CPN), has urged Information Technology firms and professionals operating in the country to focus more on meeting the legal requirements as stipulated in the Act and conform with  the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct.
The Council, which regulates professional activities in the IT industry, noted that the need for greater professional excellence had become more imperative in view of increasing deployment of IT for various purposes in the country.
According to Sikiru Shehu, registrar, CPN, in a statement on the Council’s forthcoming IT Professionals’ Assembly, there is a steadily growing understanding on the use of IT both in government and in the private sector. He added that this was underscored by the increasing investment that both government and the private sector were now putting into Information Technology.
He added that in the quest towards fulfilling its mandate of promoting professional excellence, CPN would continue to ensure that firms and individuals offering services in the IT industry do so professionally and also with commensurate returns on their investment. He mentioned that the era in which quacks and half-baked persons hijacked IT jobs only to offer very disappointing services must come to an end, adding that this will be one of the major issues that would be fully discussed at the forthcoming Information Technology Professionals’ Assembly.
“IT has come to now play a central role in national development and there is need for effective compliance with legal requirements by individuals and firms. It is important there that CPN plays a role at ensuring that this is accomplished,” he stated.
Mr. Shehu emphasized that this year’s Information Technology Professionals’ Assembly that is coming up in Abuja billed in Abuja from July 1st – 2nd would once again serve as a veritable platform for discussing issues that would take the industry to a new level.
According to him, the theme of this year's event is “IT: An Imperative for National Development". This year’s assembly will focus on the need to ensure that professionals put in their best for the realization of national developmental goals and aspirations.
He concluded that the recent directive by the Federal Government for the National ICT4D action plan to be implemented, CPN would be in the forefront of pursuing the realization of this plan by ensuring that professionals were in the right places in government establishments.