Yemisi Izuora
The Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN) has revealed activities that would be executed during the insurance industry’s week celebrations.
The President of CIIN Mrs. Yetunde Ilori, unveiled the activities in a virtual meeting held on Friday, June 13, 2025, noting that the insurance week is themed: ‘Insurance For All: Securing Nigeria Future’.
According to her, the celebrations would kickstart on Saturday, June 28, 2025, with an insurance awareness walk, which would commence from NEM Insurance Plc Head office, located at Obanikoro, along Ikorodu Road and terminate at the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.
She submitted that the grand opening ceremony is billed for June 30, 2025 at Nigerian insurers Association (NIA) hall in Victoria Island Lagos, followed by an insurance awareness campaign holding on July 1, at selected secondary schools and Micro Small and Medium Enterprises MSMEs); July 2, will be an insurance outreach at Sabo Market; Oyingbo Market; Bariga Market; Shoprite and Spar.
Other events are; Hackathon competition, holding at the College of Insurance and Financial Management (CIFM) in Asese, Ogun State on July 3 and the grand finale, scheduled for July 4, at Paradise Event Centre, Alagomeji, Lagos.
Mrs. Ilori said the celebrations would hold at the same period in Ibadan; Abuja; Port Harcourt and Kano, adding that the insurance industry would leverage the event to reward Nigerians by giving awards to people who have been promoting insurance culture, while the general public would be giving beautiful packages during the awareness campaigns.
She also unveiled the event’s Mascot christened, Niko.
Chairman of the Insurance Week Organising Committee Eddie Efekoha, lauded Mrs. Ilori for the laudable and transformative event initiated by her administration and implored all stakeholders in the insurance industry value chain to support the initiative that is aimed at growing insurance business and depending penetration.