Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Ogun State has been approved by the International Professional Managers Association (IPMA), UK as its first advanced internationally accredited collaborative centre for professional excellence in Business Administration and Management in Nigeria.

The Chief Executive Officer of IPMA –UK, Professor Mike Wooi, said the establishment of the centre at OOU was part of its global efforts in honing and improving the skills needed for excellence in operational, administrative and strategic performance in both public and private sectors.

Wooi said: “Olabisi Onabanjo University was chosen because their leadership and management have shown a very clear strategic focus and direction to advance professionalism and competency in Business Administration and Management.”

He said its centre at OOU would further enhance the institution’s credentials in academic and professional education nationally and internationally.

The International Professional Managers Association, according to Wooi, is a UK-based international examining, licensing and regulatory membership qualifying body that provides management and management-related students and workers with the opportunity to participate and be part of the process of improving administrative and managerial performance and effectiveness in all areas of business, industry and public administration around the world.

“IPMA is a member of the National Academic Recognition Information Centre of the UK (UK-NARIC) and recognised in Nigeria by the Federal Ministry of Education,” he added.