The Sustainability Professionals Institute of Nigeria has inducted 50 individuals including students, associates, full members, and fellows, into the institute at its 2023 cohort induction ceremony themed Partnership for Sustainable Development:
The event, which was sponsored by IHS Towers; expert partners in communications infrastructure, was held recently at the Lekki Conservation Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos.
The Vice President of the institution, Ini Abimbola, commended S.P.I.N members for their commitment to promoting sustainable practices whilst charging the new inductees on imbibing good leadership traits which she described as having the drive to cultivate sustainable focus within any organisation they find themselves; being intentional in driving innovations to deliver value-driven impact and solutions; and ensuring collaboration to deliver results at all times.
She concluded by stating that the new inductees are joining the 89 members and sustainability ambassadors the institution already had prior to the ceremony.
Speaking, the Director of the United Nations Information Centre, Robert Kayanji, who Mrs Thembekile Dube-Ncube, Partnerships Officer, Office of the UN Resident Coordinator for Nigeria, represented, delivered a presentation where she emphasised the importance of partnerships and finance in ensuring a sustainable future, hinting that the United Nations engages in partnerships with private sectors, government, civil society, and a wide range of stakeholders with a common goal to achieve a sustainable earth.
On his part, the Director, Advocacy & Stakeholders Relations, SPIN, Ismail Omamegbe, said, “The inductees will be engaged through a framework for capacity building and professional sustainability training, the development of standards for sustainability practice and professionalism in Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa.”
