NIM Elevates CORBON Vice Chairman

Bldr. Samson Ameh Opaluwah

The Nigerian Institute of Management (chartered) has approved the elevation of Bldr. Samson Ameh Opaluwah (PhD) to the distinguished grade of Fellow. 

Bldr. Opaluwah, who is currently the Vice Chairman of Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria (CORBON) and Chief Executive Officer of Khariz Group, Abuja, is a Civil Engineer and a Professional Builder who specialises in Project & Construction Management, Public Procurement and Facilities Engineering & Management.

Khariz is a group of companies involved in Engineering Consultancy, Building/Civil Engineering Construction, Projects Management, ICT/ Entrepreneurship Development, Property Development, Facilities Engineering & Management and Agribusiness.

In a letter dated the 30th of May 2019, Prof Olukunle Iyanda, President and Chairman of the Council of the Nigerian Institute of Management conveyed the Institute's decision to elevate Bldr.  Opaluwah to the prestigious rank of a fellow.

According to Prof Iyanda, Bldr. Opaluwah's contribution to the development of the institute, the management profession and the civil society at large informed the decision to elevate him.

He therefore called on the recipient to remain actively involved in all the programmes of the institute through the Faculty Fellows where his core competence and area of specialization will brought to bear and utilized.

In his acceptance speech, Bldr. Opaluwah appreciated the NIM Council for the elevation. Describing his elevation as an invitation to do more, he restated his commitment to deepening his current professional focus on developing a “home-grown housing production system, strategic Facilities Engineering & Management and the institutionalisation of a national development focused Public Procurement System” in Nigeria.

Born on October 1st, 1954 at Idah, Kogi State-Nigeria, Bldr. Opaluwah holds B.Sc. (Hons) in Building (First Class Honours/1978) from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, M.Sc. Construction Engineering (1983) from Leeds University, Leeds, UK and a PhD in Facilities Management from St. Clements University, Turks & Caicos, Islands.

He also holds National Diploma in Civil Engineering (Kaduna Polytechnic) 1974 and Diploma in Refractory Technology (Refratechnique) Gottingen-Germany 1993 and the International Procurement Certificate (International Law Institute- Washington DC, USA) 2010.