L-: Engr Jacob Adeosun, Mrs Adenrele Kehinde, Mr Raymond Akalonu, Mrs Efiom Ekaha and Mr Val Ojumah,MD FBN Insurance shortly after the investiture of Mr Raymond Akalonu as the 6th President of RIMSON.
BY NKECHI NAECHE ESEZOBOR —-The President, Risk Managers Society of Nigeria (RIMSON) Raymond Akalonu, has pledged to uphold RIMSON’s constitution and remain committed to the ethics of risk management as enunciated by the guiding principles and fundamental objectives of the society.
He made the pledge while delivering his acceptance address, titled : ‘Risk Management Advocacy – Reaching The Critical Frontiers’, during his Investiture as the 6th President of the Society, which was held in Lagos, tthat his team shall be loyal to the RIMSON “family bond” as the rallying point for professional risk managers in Nigeria, providing veritable platforms for continuous risk management education and the regeneration of technical skills and expertise for effective risk management development and practice.
He said his team shall maintain and sustain RIMSON’s existing affiliation with global risk management bodies such as Membership of International Federation of Risk and Insurance Management Association (IFRIMA ) and leverage these affiliations for the development of risk management in Nigeria.
Other things he pledged to give attention included, remaining committed to the reinforcement and conclusion of on-going collaboration with the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation towards entrenching risk management culture in all government agencies and parastatals in Nigeria.
Continuously grow the RIMSON Membership and harness its unity of purpose in order to develop stronger liasons with the respective corporates where our members are actively engaged.
Intensifying efforts toward the establishment of more RIMSON branches in the geopolitical zones of the country followig the successful take off of the Abuja branch.
He said they shall work assiduously towards making RIMSON the hub of Risk Management Development in the West African sub-region by deploying CRMD’s online outreach and growth potentials and shall continually strengthen the research potentials and capabilities of RIMSON and ultimately guarantee more regular risk management reports on major national disasters with suggested mitigants and solutions
“We stand before you committed to the furtherance of the risk management ideals our Body stands for. We pledge our individual and collective resolves to take RIMSON to greater heights and to ensure that the risk management advocacy fire keeps burning bright. Although it is difficult to list all the possibilities ahead of our burning desires to serve, we nevertheless wish to provide the following signposts for the journey we commence today,” he said.
He solicited continuous support of the Society of Fellows, comprising top echelon risk management professionals, stressing that as esteemed custodians of risk management ideals, their support shall remain an invaluable asset as the body marches forward in the ensuing days.Mr Jacob Adeosun, immediate past President, RIMSON in address while handing over, expressed optimism that the new executive members of the society led by Akalonu would deliver on their mandate.
Adeosun also appreciated the immediate past executive members of the society for their contribution toward the notable achievements recorded by his administration since its inception in May 2015.
In her opening remark, Mrs Kehinde Adenrele , Chairman, FBN Insurance Limited and Chairman of the Investiture appealed to Nigerians to observe and imbibe the legacy of the healthy baton change of leadership that occured in RIMSON.
Adenrele urged Nigerian leaders to identify with the united progress of the country, irrespective of selfish interest, personal, ethnic or religious differences.
She said that she had worked with Akalonu for years and could attest to him as a seasoned risk management professional of repute.
“He is a man of integrity ,capacity and capability and I have no doubt in my mind that his tenure as president will open up new vistas and take your risk management advocacy to an eviable and international standard.
