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By Abasifreke Effiong
The 3rd annual conference of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria, ICSAN, Akwa Ibom State chapter will hold in Uyo, on Friday 24th September.
Chairman, Akwa Ibom State chapter of ICSAN, Barr. Ime Asibong, alongside the publicity secretary of the chapter, Mr. Victor Idem, told journalists that the event will hold at Ibom Icons Hotels formerly known as Lé Meridien Ibom hotels and will be chaired by the Acting Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Hon. Justice Ekaette Obot,
The event with the theme, “Strategies on Corporate Sustainability: Impact on the Economy, Society and Governance”, will have ICSAN’s former president, Dr. Nosike Agokei, as keynote speaker.
Barr. Asibong said the conference intends to look into the grey areas of corporate sustainability in the the State.
“We are using this conference as a platform to sensitize our people especially those in the corporate world to act responsibly and with integrity in their workplaces, abiding by corporate governance structures and operations in their organisations.”
“We also want to build the capacity of our people on how to run businesses especially now that entrepreneurship is the key, so that we can reduce dependency on government for jobs.”
“We want the industries attracted to the state to be properly managed and sustained. The sustainability of those industries is what would guarantee job security, so we are poised to train and build capacity of our people to know how to take the right decisions which are in the best interest of the future of the organisation.”
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The ICSAN chairman said participants will have the opportunity to learn new approaches to create long-term stakeholders’ values, both ethical, environmental, social and economic, and therefore called on interested members of the public to register and attend the conference.
He said members of ICSAN in Akwa Ibom will sustain the ideals of the creation of the institute established in 1984 in Nigeria, by promoting corporate governance for the sustainability of corporate organisations in Akwa Ibom State.
Barr. Asibong, who is a Fellow of ICSAN, recalled that the institute was founded in the United Kingdom in response to failure of corporate organisations and noted that similar corporate failures have occurred in Akwa Ibom State with a lot of government owned companies that have gone under.
Barr. Ime Asibong, Chairman of ICSAN, Akwa Ibom State.
“When companies fail, it affects even the running of the government and creates poverty in the system. Corporate failures have a ripple effect on the economy as a whole because when a company fails, people lose their jobs and the government loses the tax that would have been earned from the company being in existence”.
“That is why we have to be deliberate to ensure strict adherence to corporate governance codes and integrity to ensure the sustainability of government legacies towards the industrialization of our state” he said.
The ICSAN Chair, who is also the Company Secretary of the state government owned Ibom Power Company Limited, said that corporate governance caters to the interests of all stakeholders within an organization in line with the mission and vision of the organisation.
He said corporate governance uses a sustainability approach aimed at creating long term stakeholders’ value through the implementation of business strategies that focus on the critical dimensions of doing business.
The conference will have the Chairman of Ibom Air, Pastor Imo-Abasi Jacob and the Special Adviser to Governor Udom Emmanuel on Legal Matters, Mr. Ndem Andem as speakers.
Other prominent people billed to attend the conference are Akwa Ibom State’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr.Uko Udom, the Chairman of Akwa Ibom State’s Civil Service Commission, Mrs. Ekereobong Umoh and the Chairman of Ibom Power’s Board of Directors, Engr. Etido Inyang to mention but a few.
