Sultan, Tambuwal, others for honour as CILRMN,The DEFENDER hold maiden award/annual lecture in Abuja
*They are honoured for helping save the soul of Nigeria – Organisers
By Kemi Kasumu, General Editor
Sultan Abubakar and Governor Tambuwal are two personalities indisputably deserving of honour by the two organisations of CILRMN and The DEFENDER in recognition of their capacities to respectively and successfully manage crisis in ways that have saved the soul of Nigeria till present.
Africa’s number four most influential monarch and Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III has been nominated to be decorated with honourary Fellowship of the Chartered Institute of Loan and Risk Management of Nigeria (FCILRM) as the Institute and the nation’s young but fast growing online medium, The DEFENDER, organise a joint award in his honour at the maiden Award/Annual Lecture planned to hold at NICON Luxury Hotel, Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in April of this year.
In addition to the Fellowship award for the Sultan will be his decoration as Patron of the Institute, while the nation’s number one most influential traditional ruler and world’s number 17 most influential Muslim will be on ground to deliver the keynote address.
Also to be honoured along with him will be the Governor of Sokoto State Alhaji Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, whose successful and corrupt-free era as Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria remains a thing that would not be allowed to pass without notice.
Sultan Abubakar and Governor Tambuwal are two personalities indisputably deserving of honour by the two organisations of CILRMN and The DEFENDER in recognition of their capacities to respectively and successfully manage crisis in ways that have saved the soul of Nigeria till present.
Whereas Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar III’s contributions to national, continental and global peace and development have been noticed by both the United Nations and the Vatican such that when the need to address each of the bodies arose in the past he was readily invited to address it on global security, peace and conflict resolution, Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal’s ability to scale through the complicated risks posed to his office as Speaker of House of Representatives (2011-2015) and his person by the highest power in the country at the time continues to impress this collaboration and it has therefore deemed it fit to show the rest of Nigerians and the world in general that resilience and perseverance at struggle for better society pay.
Although details of the programme, where two top Nigerian intellectuals will present papers on the theme, “Online Media and Risk Management Approach to National Integration and Economic Development of Nigeria”, are not yet readily available for this report, few other very important Nigerians worthy of honour from among government and private individuals will be unveiled soon, Registrar-General and Chief Executive Officer, Chartered Institute of Loan and Risk Management of Nigeria (CILRMN), Dr. Uzombah Innocent (FCILM), has said.
Talking about the Institute, the CILRMN boss said, “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 have 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.”
Speaking further he said, “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.
Chartered Institute of Loan and Risk Management of Nigeria has its Council constituted by Chief Sir O.A. Bailey (FCILRM), President/Chairman, Prof. Onatolu Odukoya (FCILRM), Alhaji Abubakar A. Faggo (FCILRM), Prof. Julius Okojie (FCILRM), Alhaji Abubakar Hassan (FCILRM), Dr. Mrs Abdulai Ovuodo (FCILRM), Prof. Ifeyori I. ihimodu (FCILRM), Dr. Kayode Oladimeji (FCILRM), Ambassador Danforth O. Edobor (FCILRM) and Dr. Uzombah n. Innocent (FCILRM).
On the advisory board of The DEFENDER since its establishment in 2002 are Retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) Alhaji Mu’azu Idris Hadeija (Chairman), Chief Kola Animasaun, Alhaji Aliyu Muhammad, Alhaji Babatunde Jose (Late).
