IBN to host World Banking Institutes’ conference by 2017

FOLLOWING a unanimous vote by members of the World Conference of Banking Institutes (WCBI), the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) has concluded plans to hold the 22nd edition of the biennial conference for all banking institutes across the globe in Nigeria by 2017.

The CIBN, which won the right to host the conference, noted that the hosting of the WCBI in Nigeria which is the first of its kind in West Africa, will promote innovative talent management strategies for the financial services sector; encourage strategic learning, cross fertilization of ideas and networking for value; promote investment and economic growth especially in the financial services industry; enhance access to information, knowledge experience and expertise of professionals from other jurisdictions; and provide unique platform for bilateral relations.

In a statement made available to The Guardian, President/Chairman of Council, CIBN, Mrs Debola Osibogun, explained that the hosting right underscored the confidence of the banking institutes all over the world, in the role and contribution of the Institute, in ensuring high quality education and learning services for a safe and sound financial system in Nigeria and its leadership role among the banking institutes in Africa.

The World Conference of Banking Institutes serves as a veritable platform for the banking institutes to strategically appraise the achievements and challenges faced by the banking sub-sector globally and also their responsibilities in effectively supporting the financial sector’s performance.

“We will also make our best effort in providing a world class arrangement for the conference which already has an all-inclusive Planning and Organising Committee to work for the next two years. In no distant future therefore, we will unveil some of the Programmes and activities lined up for the conference”, she assured.

“The Institute was unanimously voted as the host for the 22nd World Conference of Banking Institutes in 2017, after a robust presentation to the delegates by Otunba (Mrs) Debola Osibogun, FCIB, President/Chairman of Council, at the just concluded 21st edition of the WCIB Conference, in Seoul, South Korea, organized by the Korea Institute of Bankers.