
Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) and Lagos Enterprise College (LBS), have collaborated to introduce Grasp of Enterprise Administration programme, Senior Administration Programme (SMP) and Chartered Institute of Bankers (ACIB).
In response to Ken Opara, president/chairman of council, CIBN, the programmes will give premium alternatives to the contributors to replace their managerial expertise and strategic considering and likewise allow them to achieve an intensive understanding of the present enterprise context thereby aiding them to implement methods for efficient change processes.
“I want to state that this programme is a neighborhood variant of the prevailing relationship the Institute has with Bangor College which affords a triple qualification of Masters Enterprise Administration (MBA), ACIB Scotland and ACIB Nigeria,” he mentioned.
Represented by Dele Alabi, 2nd vice-president CIBN, he famous on March 11, 2022, the institute took a step ahead to solidify its plans to start the MBA/SMP/ACIB programmes by signing the collaboration settlement with the Lagos Enterprise College.
In his remarks throughout the official launch of the programmes in Lagos, Chris Ogbechie, dean, Lagos Enterprise College, mentioned, the launch of the programmes was a mixture of the imaginative and prescient and exhausting work of women and men from the good establishments.
Ogbechie famous that the crew was targeted on delivering worth and positively impacting the society by means of collectively managed data actions.
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“What we want now in our nation is collaboration, partnerships and COVID-19 has really taught us that the best way ahead is collaboration and hookup-petition,” he mentioned.
Talking additional, he mentioned, “The strategic company between our establishments to collectively handle these diploma and govt programmes is for the good thing about our members who will go on and with data to resolve the issues of the society.”
Ngozi Chidozie, accomplice, head of technique and buyer relations, KPMG, Nigeria, mentioned, the LBS/CIBN collaboration is a worthy initiative and can profit the society in varied methods.
She mentioned the collaboration will enhance the standard of the workforce by producing workplace-ready college students and growing the abilities of working professionals.
Chidozie mentioned the 2 establishments ought to collaborate to introduce borderless training to allow entry to high quality studying from any location.
“What we needs to be considering from an outsider’s perspective needs to be about borderless training, the place individuals can get training no matter the place they’re. So, as we take into consideration this interplay and this partnership with the LBS and CIBN, and partnerships that we’ll even be having sooner or later. That’s an possibility that we now have to be contemplating,” she mentioned.
She inspired the establishments to additionally begin serious about shorter and particular programs in numerous areas, pro-courses, micro programs, nano programs, and programs that might be accomplished inside three to 4 months.
In response to her, the collaboration offers alternatives for innovation and entrepreneurial ventures within the monetary companies sector.
Talking on ‘Addressing Competency Hole: The Matrimony of Skilled and Educational Qualification’, Kabiru Aderemi Adeyemo, Vice-Chancellor, Lead Metropolis College and Chairman, CVCRPUN, “it is a symbiotic relationship between CIBN and Lagos Enterprise College.”
This linkage, he mentioned, is designed to mix concept with follow and equip candidates with the requisite data, expertise and competencies to perform successfully at varied ranges within the banking trade, academy, {and professional} our bodies.
“The Nigerian universities should return to the central function of a college, which is training, as we serve to make college students suppose. We should feed and practice their intuition to know and search that means,” Adeyemo mentioned.
