ICSAN has continued to promote good corporate governance across sectors- Ekundayo
L-R: Mr. Babatunde Oladipo Okuneye, ACIS, Registrar/CEO, Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria; Mrs. Uto Ukpanah, FCIS, Vice President, ICSAN; Mrs. Funmi Ekundayo, FCIS, President and Chairman of Council; Mr. Francis Olawale, FCIS, Honorary Treasurer, ICSAN; and Mrs. Nkechi Onyenso, FCIS, Chairman, Publicity and Advocacy Committee, ICSAN, during the Presidential Press Parley commemorating the President's one year in Office.
ICSAN has continued to promote good corporate governance across sectors- Ekundayo
Nike Popoola
The President and Chairman of Council, Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrator, Mrs. Funmi Ekundayo, has explained efforts of the institute to continue to promote good corporate government across different sectors in the country.
She spoke during the Presidential Press Parley commemorating her one year in office, at ICSAN secretariat in Lagos on Thursday
Ekundayo said, “ICSAN is a leading institution on corporate governance, on corporate secretaryship and also, public administration. The education we offer our members is top-notch and world class. ICSAN continues to produce members who have the expertise, who have been thoroughly baked to add tremendous value whether they find themselves in the public sector’ space or the private sector, or the not for profit space.
“In that area, we have been able to add value by exporting our members into different ecosystems in Nigeria. The value we create as ICSAN member is usually evident wherever you find our members.”
According to her, good governance is not limited to just a corporate setting alone, not just the private sector alone, but it wants to also continue to see improved corporate governance practices within the public sector.
While mentioning some of its giant strides in the last one year, she noted the landmark ceremony of ICSAN to kick off the commencement of its new national Secretariat project, to give it a more befitting secretariat, which had been its vision for many years.
“You would recall that it was very top post on my list of manifestos and to the glory of God, we were able to kick off with that symbolic stone laying for the foundation of the building,” she said.
She also noted that it recorded a significant milestone by its incursion into the Northern Nigeria space with the ICSAN brand, as it successfully birthed the Kaduna State chapter.
The chapter which is functioning, she noted, had started to make a lot of penetration within the State Civil Service.
Another milestone, she noted, was the memorandum of understanding in collaboration with University of Benin, for the Masters in Governance programme.
She said, “Currently, we’re putting finishing touches to the implementation plan as the programme is scheduled to start, come next session, and that will be September. So in our quest to continue to propagate quality education and knowledge on governance matters in Nigeria, this collaboration has also come into play.”
Publication of its textbook on governance, she added, was also another key achievement.
She noted that ICSAN has critical stakeholders that it partners with on the subject of corporate governance
According to her, “ICSAN happens to be one of the professional bodies that have been authorized by law to certify people who want to play within the space. We have submitted a curriculum to the Corporate Affairs Commission for its approval, to enable us to commence professional examination and certification for those who want to play within that space.”
She noted that it had been engaging with the key MDAs within the public sector.
The ICSAN president also said the institute has submitted different advocacy documents and position papers to relevant stakeholders.
“We continued our strategic engagement with our global partner, the Corporate Secretaries International Association,” she said.
She disclosed that it had also rebranded the institute’s magazine to reflect the name that the institute will be translated to very soon after the nod of the National Assembly, from the chartered secretary and administrator, to the rebranded governance professional.
