Yemisi Izuora
The African Insurance Brokers Association (AIBA), has embarked on restructuring to attract more membership.
The understanding was shared when the leadership of the body changed hands.
At the event Chief Babajide Olatunde-Agbeja handed over to Shaibu Alli of KEK Insurance Brokers Ltd of Ghana, while other executive members were also elected to run the affairs of the continental body.
At the General Meeting of the Association held during at the African Insurance Organisation Conference, held in Algeirs, Algeria, Chief Olatunde-Agbeja voluntarily stepped down from the leadership of the body, noting that the body was now on a sound footing to be left in the capable hands of a new executive.
Olatunde-Agbeja stated that it was his delight to see AIBA nurtured from a weak position in terms of membership strength and resources to a reputable body that many Brokers in the continent are now angling to join.
He said though his target was to attract no fewer than 100 members to the Association, his joy was in the renewed enthusiasm of Brokers to join the body.
Other Executive members elected at the meeting were: Mr Shola Tinubu as Vice Chairman; Mrs Ekeoma Ezeibe, Secretary and Mr Yombo Bammeke, Treasurer. Others for Ex-Officio positions were Nelson Omolo, from Kenya and Lena Adu-Kofi, from Ghana.