Bola Temowo promoting legacy of continuity in CIIN

Bola Temowo, a professional loss adjuster and managing director, International Loss Adjusters Limited, who was recently invested the 46th president and chairman of council of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN), has promised to promote the legacy of continuity in the life of the over 50-year-old institute, identifying key planks of his predecessor’s programme as necessary to keep the Institute growing.

Most importantly is his promise to serve the Institute with every sense of responsibility and commitment that far exceeds personal interest.

According to him, it is about the growth and development of the Institute rather than the satisfaction of a desire to actualise an ambition to lead or to be visible. “It represents a genuine intention to place our collective desires for this great Institute, above the fulfilment of any self-glorifying agenda; it is about service to our professional body and the rallying point for all of us,” Temowo said, at its his investiture held at Federal Palace Hotel, in Lagos.

The theme of his presidency, “Promoting the Legacy of Continuity’, Temowo said, is borne out of the belief that there is a sense of responsibility in identifying with and reinforcing the programmes and policies which engender greater strength and vitality for the institute.

“The choice of the theme is also borne out of the need to establish a rolling-plan, which will guarantee that on-going positive projects and policies are upheld by successive leadership even in addition to new projects and plans.”

He stressed that “in promoting the strong benefits of continuity and its significance as the most expedient course to chart in order to reposition our institute for greater relevance, my presidency will focus on the following: Resuscitating the development of the Institute’s building in Victoria Island; commencement of academic activities at the college of insurance and financial management; establishment of an e-library; strengthening the study and teaching of insurance in secondary schools and tertiary institutions in Nigeria and provision of adequately trained manpower at the Institute secretariat for improved service delivery.

Speaking further, Temowo said, “This presidency will therefore proceed immediately to consolidate the process of mapping out the way forward for the VI project. We shall examine all the available options and will be guided by the best counsel to decide what should be done.”

On the college, he said his administration will ensure that the College harnesses its potential to provide world class human capital development programmes for the insurance industry, and that it uses its income-generation capability for the commencement of the remaining phases of the project.

“The Governing Council in the emerging dispensation, will build commence the development of a world-class e-library for the benefit of the industry and the financial services industry as a whole.