Twelve individuals have been inducted into the Institute of Information Management (IIM).

The induction took place at the IIM’s annual convention, induction and investiture at the GNAT Hall in Accra.

The theme for the event was ‘The data imperative: Programmes and strategies for compliance through adequate awareness creation.'

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President of the Institute, Dr Oyedokun Ayodeji Oyewole underscored the importance of understanding the role of professionals in the information management field.

Ahead of the induction, he insisted that individuals prioritise value-addition to their bid to execute their mandate.

Dr Oyewole believes this will help provide solutions to teething challenges in the information management regime.

Technology is one of the ways this need could be met, he said, explaining that the job of managing information must not be left to IT experts alone, hence the need for IM professionals to upgrade.

Executive Director for the Data Protection Commission, Patricia Adusei Poku was one of the Honorary Fellows inducted on Saturday, October 29.

She presented a paper on the theme of the programme.

During her speech, she also expressed the need for Africa to wake up to the digital terrain revolving around the management of information.

According to Patricia Adusei Poku, the continent has the propensity to be left behind if the changes in technology are not embraced.

She further insisted that this must not be limited to the mere collection but also to the usage of this information to spur the growth of respective societies.

Assistant Registrar and Head of Record Management at the University of Education, Winneba, Baaba Bonuedie also presented a paper on ‘Convincing management to fund a records/information management' project.’

In all, 12 people excelling in the field of data were honoured and inducted into the institute.

The inductees ranged from honorary fellows, professional fellows and professional members.

Honourary Fellows

Personalities who were inducted as honorary fellows were the Executive Director for the Data Protection Commission, Patricia Adusei Poku, Acting Director for Public Records and Archives Administration Department, Thelmar Mannye, former Interior Minister, Prosper Bani and University of Ghana Vice Chancellor, Prof Nana Aba Appiah.

Professional Fellows (FIIM)

This category saw the induction of the following personalities; Head of Quality and Safety Management at the Weija-Gbawe Municipal Hospital, Isaac Eyram Tegbey, Head Archivist at the J.H. Kwabena Nketia Archives, Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana, Judith Opoku-Boateng and Manager of Document and Management at the Volta River Authority (VRA), Fred Boafo.

Professional Members (PMIIM)

Assistant Registrar and Head of Record Management at the University of Education, Winneba, Baaba Bonuedie, CEO of Amest Best Group, Emmanuel Yao Ametepey and General Manager at Grand Star Hotel in Accra, Perpetual Osei Korkor.

IIM Ghana Advisory Board

Executive Director for the Data Protection Commission, Patricia Adusei Poku, Acting Director for the Public Records and Archives Administration Department, Thelmar Mannye, former Interior Minister, Prosper Bani, Head Archivist at the J.H.Kwabena Nketia Archives, Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana, Judith Opoku-Boateng, Head of Organisational Learning, Knowledge Management at the Volta River Authority (VRA), Charlotte Selorm Adza-Yawo, and Superintendent Pharmacist at the Central Medical Stores and JSI Global Fund (Health Ministry), Dery Yelnyine Lazarus.

Mission

The IIM's mission is to ensure that data & information management professionals are abreast of current and future challenges associated with managing data & information assets in an era of social, mobile, cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning and big data.

This includes developing and maintaining a premier data & information management institute which consistently delivers high standard, certification, competence, and research in delivering value to her members globally.