The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) on Saturday April 4th, 2020 held its 2020 Annual General Meeting virtual (online) during which Bayo Olugbemi was elected the 21st President of the Institute.
He succeeded Dr. Uche Messiah Olowu, FCIB whose two-year tenure will be ending in May 15, 2020. The Institute also elected other new officers and reviewed its financial and operational reports for 2019.
Other elected officers are Mr. Opara, Kenneth Onyewuchi, FCIB, 1st Vice President; Prof. Olanrewaju, Pius Oladeji, FCIB as the 2nd Vice President and Mr. Alabi, Oladele Adebiyi, FCIB as the National Treasurer. Other elected positions in the Governing Council are Mrs. Onitiri , Rafiat Oluwatoyin, ACIB; Mr. Odutola, Olayinka Alade, FCIB; Mr. Ajayi, Rahman Olabode, FCIB and Dr. Adolor, Godwin Ununotovo, FCIB to serve the tenure (2018-2020)
The former President, Dr. Olowu, chaired the meeting, which was attended by all members of the Institute across the globe and used the opportunity to list his achievements at the institute.
Prof. Deji Pius Olanrewaju, FCIB, National Treasurer of the Institute, gave the financial highlights of the Institute in 2019 and listed some of the following key developments; 7.1% increase in Net Operating Surplus of the Institute from N539million (2018) to N577million(2019), 5.8% increase in total income from 1.47 billion (2018) to N1.55 billion (2019) and 6.9% increase in IGR from N1.16 billion (2018) to N1.24billion(2019).
Also, Mr. Mark Ariemuduigho of Baker Tilly International Nigeria, the external auditors of the Institute gave report for 2019 financials and stated that the financial position of the CIBN was in agreement with the book of account. The Chairman of the CIBN Audit Committee, Mr Babatunde Oduwaye affirmed that the accounting and reporting policies of the institute were in accordance with legal requirements and ethical practices.
Speaking further on the 2019 Operations the CIBN President, Dr. Olowu informed the members that the institute had made noteworthy improvement as a reference point in the country and across the globe.
He shared that all the CIBN subsidiaries from the Centre for Financial Studies to the Press are maintaining winning ways and will continue to experience improved performances.
In the area of capacity building, he disclosed that the Institute has reviewed the syllabus of flagship ACIB qualification in conjunction with PwC in a bid to keep the ACIB qualification relevant and ensure that the contents meet with global standard. He also stressed that the electronic library which consists of electronic books, journals and other resources provides round-the-clock information and had been acquired by the CIBN Library for easy access to the doorstep of its users.
The CIBN, according to him the Past President of the Institute, Dr Olusegun Aina, FCIB, OFR has been re-elected as a Chairman of the Global Education Standard Board.
Speaking further he said the Institute has expanded its examination centres to Liberia which brings the number of foreign examination outpost to a total of five and one in Nigeria in Kastina State.
In the area of collaborations, Olowu noted that the Bankers’ Committee has approved Ethics Certification for all banks staff and currently 87,000 bank staff had registered on the e-learning platform and a sizeable number had completed the certification programme.
The CIBN according to him has continued to engage the Presidency, National Assembly, State Governments, Central Bank of Nigeria and the National Deposit Insurance Corporation to play its advocacy role in line with its mandate as the conscience of the Industry.
Members in their remarks commended Dr. Olowu for his 2-year leadership (2018-2020) and made suggestions on enhancement in the areas of membership drive and others.
