The raison d'être of any government is the pursuit of the happiness of its citizenry. This way, the government adds value to the quality of life of its people in all strata of society. One of the ways of doing this is via standardization. In recent times, interest in the fields of procurement, environmental management and social safeguards have increased.

This has necessitated the need for concomitant capacity building in minimum benchmarks to decrease the negative consequences linked to the absence of standards in the tripartite areas of procurement, environment and social safeguards. In Procurement, standardization of procedures is a crucial element in maintaining transparency, accountability, impartiality and fairness.

The Human Development Index (HDI) of the country comparatively ranks low, while the HPI (Happy Planet Index) ranks very high paradoxically – Nigerians are happy people! Furthermore, despite universal Environmental consciousness in recent decades, the Nigerian ecosystem is being degraded by anthropogenous activities such as agriculture, fisheries, transport, industry, tourism and the urban sprawl.

In simple terms, the time has come, in Nigeria, that any one desiring to hold public office in any capacity – be it in academia, the public sector, in industry or the organized private sector – might need to present some kind of certification in an area in the field of Procurement managements, Environmental sustainability or Sustainable social development, depending on their area of specialization.

Movement from your current position or rank to the next level in your career might soon be hindered without this training. IPESS is the hub for this in North Central Nigeria for all civil servants at State and Federal levels. State and Federal Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies, the organized private sector, non-governmental organizations, civil society, industries, academia and the general public are the focus of these programmes.