CILRMN/The DEFENDER set to honour Sultan, Aisha Buhari, Tambuwal, Mimiko, IGP Idris, Olanrewaju, others at Nicon Luxury Hotel Abuja event

The maiden edition of the Lecture and Award organised by the Chartered Institute Loan and Risk Management of Nigeria in collaboration with The DEFENDER will hold on Saturday April 28, 2018.

The event, which will take place at the Nnamdi Hall of Nicon Luxury Hotel Abuja, will witness conferment and decoration of the Sultan of Sokoto and Sarikin Mu’mineen of Nigeria, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, and the Executive Governor of Sokoto State, Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal as Patron and  Fellows of the internationally recognized Chartered Institute Loan and Risk Management of Nigeria.

Others to be honoured as Fellows at the event include a former Governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, the Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Ibrahim Kpotun Idris, former Minister of Communications and General Officer Commanding (GOC), Third Armoured Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Tajudeen Olanrewaju (Rtd) and Primate Elijah Babatunde Ayodele of INRI Spiritual and Evangelical Church, Lagos.

Chairman of the big event will be the Proprietor of Crescent University Abeokuta and former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Bola Ajibola (SAN), who is an automatic Fellow of the Institute.

Themed, “Towards National Integration and Economic Development of Nigeria: The Online Media and Risk Media Approach”, the Lecture/Award programme will witness delivery of two papers by Ms Lauretta Onochie, Special Assistant to the President on Social Media, and Dr. Mustapha Muktar, Faculty Member of the Chartered Institute of Loan and Risk Management of Nigeria and of the Department of Economics Bayeru University Kano, who will speak on “Online Media Approach” and “Risk Management Approach”, respectively, towards “National Integration and Economic Development of Nigeria”.

According to the Registrar-General and Chief Executive Officer, Chartered Institute of Loan and Risk Management of Nigeria (CILRMN), one of the organizing partners, Dr. Uzombah Innocent (FCILM), Sultan Abubakar III, aside being an honouree, will deliver the keynote address at the event.

“We have decided to plan big for these great Nigerians to appreciate our doing-well people right in their lifetime. We observe that Nigerians have all along appreciated their great minds only after they have passed on.  CILRMN and The DEFENDER are changing the narratives. There are many other great Nigerians but our event for their celebration is continuous,” Uzombah said.

With reference to the Institute, the CILRMN’s helmsman stated that, “The Chartered Institute of Loan and Risk Management of Nigeria (CLRMN) was established primarily to fill the void in the specialist professional disciplines of loan and risk management practice, thereby complementing the noteworthy contributions of individual, academia and other professional bodies.

“The evolving highly competitive global economic scenario, with its demand for top flight efficiency and effectiveness has made it essential for specialist professional focus on loan and risk management as in the case already in the more advanced countries and a number of emerging economies of the world.”

A Director of Programme on the event, Prince Bashir Adefaka, affirmed that the national integration is a necessity at this period when the country is going through several hurdles.

“The national integration can never be overemphasized. Whatever the sector or segment that any Nigerian finds himself/herself, the country that supersedes everything needs to be integrated and peaceful for symbiotic relationship with the citizen living there’’, he said

“Nigeria supersedes personal interests so the National Integration and Economic Development is for the general good.”

Speaking on the online media he said that, “The DEFENDER is an online media that has moved straight into the global scene delivering knowledge-driven, non-sensational journalism in Nigeria with a clear vision of defending the truth and national integrity.  It aims to be the most respected online media in Nigeria and beyond,” he said.