Yemisi Izuora
The Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN) is widening its educational coverage to other African countries in a deliberate move to extend the frontiers of its professional examinations
President of the Institute Lady Isioma Chukwuma who made this known during her recent visit to the Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA) in Lagos noted that the expansion plan will cover countries in West, East and Central Africa sub-region.
The countries include, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe among others.
She said that during her leadership the CIIN will also reinforce the success recorded with regards to the existing off-shore examination centre in Banjul, The Gambia and the most recent centre in Kigali, Rwanda.
She also promised that the Institute will promote its members’ benefits by ensuring that they get more value for their membership, adding that “In particular, we will focus on delivering continuous education programmes as well as improving the platforms for engaging members on knowledge update deliberations on a more regular basis”.
“Permit me to state that as an Institute, we are not resting on our oars in the drive to promote Insurance Awareness and Education in Nigeria.
The 2015 edition of the Institute’s Annual Education Seminar with the theme “Synergizing Branch Office Operations and Insurance Awareness” was held just last week in Port Harcourt.
The event was followed by our donation of 750 copies of the CIIN published ‘Insurance Textbook for Secondary Schools’ to both the Rivers and Imo States’ Ministries of Education for onward distribution to all the Senior Secondary Schools in both States.
The donation of the Textbooks to Rivers and Imo States follows prior donations to the governments of Lagos, Ogun, Edo, Ondo and Kwara States” she said.
The president stated that all of those steps represents the Institutes articulated efforts at expanding the capacity of its offering of insurance programmes thereby guiding them pragmatically towards the improvement of their capacity to deliver superior and qualitative insurance education.
According to her, I must reiterate at this point that the Institute is fully committed to placing the Insurance Industry in a prime position in the financial services sector and the national economy as a whole.
Let me therefore assure you that the Institute is receptive to ideas and suggestions geared at guaranteeing success of the projects listed earlier on.
Chukwuma appreciated NIA recognition and support for the CIIN as the Training and Educational Arm of the Industry and the establishment and sustenance of the Insurance Industry Consultative Council (IICC) as a uniform platform for intra-industry co-operation as well as its collaboration that ensured the hosting of the Joint Media Retreat for Insurance Correspondents.
“My Presidency is a continuation of the rolling plan put in place by my predecessors, Messrs. F.K Lawal and Bola Temowo and to build on the various successes attained during their tenures.
Hence, the theme of my Presidency: “Consolidating the Gains of the Industry for National Economic Growth”.