A clarion call has been made to all banks, financial
institutions and qualified employees in the banking industry desirous
of career advancement to take advantage of various qualifying
examinations routes of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria
(CIBN) to acquire the needed skills that would stand them out in the
industry both locally and internationally.
Debola Osibogun, President/Chairman of Council, CIBN, made
the call during the weekend at the 2015 CIBN Graduates Induction and
Prize Awards Day held in Lagos.
The induction, an annual ceremony of the Institute is the
forum where student members who have completed their examinations and
fulfilled all other conditions set by the Governing Council, are
formally admitted into full professional membership of the Institute.
A total of 1,003 members were admitted into various
categories of membership – 276 student members into Associateship
category (ACIB), 20 graduates of the Chartered Banker/MBA Programme into
the Associateship of the Institute, 679 student members who have passed
the Microfinance Certification Programme and fulfilled all the
necessary conditions for admission as Microfinance Certified Bankers
(MCIB) and 28 members who completed the Certificate in Banking (CIB).
“I want to heartily congratulate all our inductees today.
Your hard work and resilience have yielded very good result and no
doubt, it will be a catalyst to greater heights for you in your chosen
careers”, she said.
At the event, certificates of appreciation were presented
to financial institutions that have made giant strides at encouraging
their employees to sit for the various qualifying examinations of the
Institute, as part of their corporate strategy to enhance competency and
human capacity development in the banking industry.
These Institutions have produced not less than five
inductees each at this ceremony. They are; First Bank Limited, Fidelity
Bank Plc, Skye Bank Plc, Union Bank Plc, Zenith Bank Plc, United Bank
for Africa Plc, Microcred MicroFinance Bank, NPF MicroFinance Bank, and Peace MicroFinance Bank.
Osibogun was pleased that that Nigeria produced the
highest number of graduates worldwide at the 2014/2015 Chartered
Banker/MBA programme graduation ceremony in July in Bangor, United
Kingdom. The Institute was pronounced as the most valuable partner of
the programme. The Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) and
Heritage Banking Company Limited produced the highest number of
graduates.
“This is a demonstration of their commitment to improve
professionalism in the banking industry and the implementation of
Competency Framework”, she said.
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in collaboration with
the Bankers Committee had developed a competency framework for the
banking industry as part of effort to promote, standardize, and sustain
skills and competency development in the industry.
HOPE MOSES-ASHIKE
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