The Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM) said it has made a lot of gains in the quest to bequeath professional managers who have been driving professional management practice to the nation in the past 65 years.

It equally said it has been involved in providing a workable roadmap to the government in solving issues of governance through its numerous public advocacy programmes and activities.

NIM President and Chairman of Council, Abimbola Ayuba, said this during a press conference announcing its 65th anniversary and unveiling its logo to herald activities marking the celebration, with the theme ‘NIM @ 65: Celebrating National Impact of Management Excellence in Nigeria’.

He said the institute had grown to become the foremost, largest and biggest multidisciplinary professional management institute in Africa, laying emphasis on how it has been at the forefront of capacity building in the critical sectors of the economy.

According to him, the institute has successfully delivered professional management, capacity building, consultancy, re-engineering and human capital development solutions to many organisations in the public and private sectors of the economy, with which it collaborates both locally and internationally.

Unveiling activities during the period, Ayuba said it would be headlined by two major events of an anniversary colloquium and the turning of sod at the site of the institute’s proposed Management House in Ikeja, Lagos.

He added that the institute will also publish a commemorative book, which will be a compendium of major papers presented at the NIM flagship over the years.

Ayuba, who paid tributes to the institute’s founding fathers, pledged to continue working hard to sustain the legacy they have bequeathed.