CIBN President Unveils Agenda

The President of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), Mr. Segun Aina, says his administration will evolve a nine-point agenda to uplift the status of the institute.

Aina, who spoke at his investiture as the 17th President and Chairman of Council of CIBN in Lagos on Saturday said the agenda include best practice, alliance relevance and opportunities.

According to him, the institute during his tenure will also focus on membership, education, technology, ethics and research.

Aina said that the tenure would be measured and reviewed regularly to ensure sustained focus on the agenda.

He added that the institute would continue to foster and nurture world-class banking education and practices within the Nigerian environment.

Aina added that CIBN would also play a leading ‘founder-member’ role in the evolving Global Banking Education Standards Board due for launch during the World Bank Congress of Banking Institutes in 2013.

He said that the CIBN represents African Banking Institutes on the taskforce set up to actulise the evolution of the organisation.

The CIBN president said that the institute’s banking school would commence before the end of the year at the Bankers House in Lagos.

Aina added that the examination curriculum would also be reviewed, while a new examination structure would start in April next year.