Chairman Governing Council, ICSAN, Samuel Kolawole
The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN), Lagos State chapter yesterday charged organizations to be sure that they promote good corporate governance practices that align with worldwide greatest practices.
Chairman of the institute, Francis Olawale, who said this when the executives paid a courtesy go to to The Guardian headquarters, mentioned corporate governance has been in existence for a very long time however has had a number of challenges prior to now.
He mentioned the relevance of corporate governance was solely being lately felt within the nation, including that the failure of corporate governance was brought on by organizations, teams and even the nation at giant, by way of corruption and different endemic vices.
To tackle the menace, Olawale restated the necessity for institutionalisation of corporate governance observe, which was why the Lagos chapter of the institute was organising an enterprise assembly on the subject material.
“Corporate governance starts from the home. It is from corporate governance that we talk about transparency and accountability. Looking at the bigger picture now, failure of corporate governance comes from organizations, groups and even from the nation,” he said.
Chairman, convention planning committee, Olufemi Sokan, mentioned the institute’s quarterly assembly was tagged: Investing In Corporate Goverce: The Pathway To Sustainability.
He instructed The Guardian that it will have the Deputy General Manager, Legal Services, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Bridget Gold as speaker, whereas Company Secretary and Legal Adviser, Mutual Benefits Assurance Plc, Jide Ibitayo and Partner, Philips Consulting, Paul Ayim, can be co-speakers.
The enterprise assembly holds on Thursday, June 7, 2018 at 10am in Lagos.
Sokan mentioned: “One of the ways to tackle corruption and all vices that have become endemic, is to ensure corporate governance is in place. It brings about checks and balances and when people get into positions, it realise that there are watchdogs.”
Vice Chairman of the institute, Nkechi Anyimah, mentioned ICSAN was taking a step additional by extending its tentacle to the general public sector and since then the partnership and collaboration with the general public sector has been cordial.