From left:Representative of National Insurance Commission, Ajibola Bankole; Deputy President, Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB) Rotimi Edu; President, NCRIB, Dr. (Mrs) Bola Onigbogi; Vice President, NRCIB, Mr. Tunde Oguntade; Hon Treasurer, NCRIB, Wale Oshodi and the Executive Secretary, Fatai Adegbenro at the Indusction of new Associates of the Council held in Lagos.
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Chuks Udo Okonta
The Nigeria Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB) yesterday, inducted 56 associates into the league of brokers in Nigeria.
The President of the NCRIB, Dr. (Mrs.) Bola Onigboji, at the event, noted that the admission of new Associates is one of the focus of the present leadership of the Council towards broadening the membership base of the Council with seasoned and committed professionals.
She maintained that aside extending the dragnet to give further opportunities to resourceful professionals, the new admission would increase the prestige and reputation of the Council in the eyes of the public.
” The opportunities being given to you today, therefore confers on you certain duties and responsibilities as new members. You are to look for ways to complement the great efforts of the already existing members and carve a niche for yourselves as suave practitioners. Your admission, instead of being seen as an end in itself, should rather be seen as the beginning of another chapter of knowledge acquisition and unselfish devotion to the profession of insurance broking,” she posited.
She said it is no longer news that the contemporary trends of brokers’ practice today has necessitated the need for all Insurance Broking practitioners to be creative and ethical in order to meet the growing needs of the clients, stressing that brokers cannot continue to do the same thing over and over again, expecting different results!
The Associates with Executives of the NCRIB at the event.
“On the part of the Council and particularly this leadership, I assure you of all required support to excel. You must also not shy away from volunteering information on special areas of competencies that you have that may be required for the Council’s growth. We all have a duty to take the Council to greater pedestal than we met it and I am sure you will not fail in this respect,” she added.
Dr. Onigboji charged the inductees to take utmost advantage of the opportunity by eschewing every forms of distractions.
Deputy President of the Council, Barr. Rotimi Edu, mni, implored the associates to be good ambassadors of the broking fraternity, urging them to join forces with the council in taking broking business to lofty heights.
The Managing Director, Akin George Insurance Brokers Limited, Dr. Ayodeji Johnson, who spoke on behalf of the associates, thanked the council for the privilege and pledged continuous support and that they will keep portraying the sector in good light.
