The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria, ICSAN has restated the importance of corporate governance practices such as transparency and information dissemination when necessary to avoid issues.
ICSAN wants Nigeria to strengthen her corporate governance regime to reap the benefits of economic growth and sustainable development.
It believes in the viability of emergence of a Nigeria that is strong, self-reliant and prosperous, saying one of the cogent ways of moving in this direction is by entrenching good governance in the public and private sectors.
Its President and Council Chairman, Funmi Ekundayo said this at ICSAN Presidential News Briefing in Lagos.
Ekundayo, speaking on the gains of the institute in 2023, said it made a giant stride in the quest to propagate quality education and knowledge on governance matters in Nigeria by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
She said the MoU was signed with the Nigerian Institute of Legislative and Democratic Studies, Abuja, in conjunction with the University of Benin, for Master of Science in Governance.
Ekundayo pledged to continue to engage relevant stakeholders and government in areas of governance and capacity development for private, public and non for profit organisations as the institute looked forward to 2024 with renewed vigour.
She said her administration will in the new year continue with the effort to build a new secretariat.
Ekundayo who is the first female to lead the institute, disclosed that her leadership would promote professional development and education of members while exploiting technology and innovation to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the profession.
She reiterated the institute’s commitment to continue advocacy programmes to drive inclusive economic growth and development, saying the edge the institute has is that corporate governance cuts across all aspects of an organisation, so, we are able to impact the nation across the board.
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