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The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) will provide expert honours on 755 lenders, executives and other prominent people at its 2026 Fellowship Investiture set up for October 31, in Lagos.
The recipients cover the banking and financing market, federal government, the economic sector, academic community, and other vital sectors of the economy, showing their contributions to the development of the banking occupation and the broader economy.
According to the institute, 18 people will get honorary fellowships, while 460 partners will be chosen fellows. Another 277 senior management personnel of banks and members of the scholastic neighborhood will be consulted honorary senior subscription.
The event will acknowledge people for their meritorious service, dedication to principles and professionalism, and contributions to the banking market in Nigeria and worldwide.
Amongst those to get honorary fellowships are Sam Egube, deputy chief of personnel to the Lagos State guv; Thompson Oludare Sunday, handling director and ceo of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation; and Ibrahim Stevens, guv of the Bank of Sierra Leone.
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Others consist of Afolabi Olorode, handling director and president of Quest Merchant Bank; Emmanuel Ikazoboh, chairman of Dangote Cement and previous group chairman of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated; Folorunsho Alakija, vice chairman of Famfa Oil; Tokunbo Talabi, secretary to the Ogun State Government; and Olubunmi Kuku, handling director and ceo of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria.
The list likewise includes Siraju Salisu, handling director and president of Summit Bank; Ada Chukwudozie, chairman of Keystone Bank; Mohammed Mustapha Bintube, chairman of Jaiz Bank; Akin Ogunranti, executive director of Zenith Bank; and Segun Ogunsanya, chairman of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority.
Other honorary fellows consist of Tosin Runsewe, creator and ceo of AfyA Care; Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, establishing partner of Future Africa; and Faith Tuedor-Matthews, ceo of TEKLA Factoring & & Finance and previous handling director of Mainstreet Bank.
Amongst those to be chosen fellows are Nixon Iwedi, handling director and ceo of Signature Bank; Oluwaseun Osiyemi, Lagos State commissioner for transport; Hakeem Oyeneyin, creator of FelDams and chairman of Visiblevalue Chain; and Olatunbosun Ajala and Ben-Obi Onyewuchi, deputy directors at the Central Bank of Nigeria.
The institute will likewise give honorary senior subscription on Oluwayemisi Olorunshola, chairman of Wema Bank; Samson Oyetunde, executive director of the African Development Bank; Ishaku Polycarp, director at the CBN; and Rear Admiral Usman Garba of the Nigerian Navy and Nigerian Navy Microfinance Bank.
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The investiture will include a keynote address by Tayo Aduloju, ceo of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group, on the style, “Bank Recapitalisation: Leveraging New Bank Capital for Nigeria’s Industrial Transformation.”
The style puts the function of more powerful bank capital in funding commercial advancement at the centre of conversations, as Nigeria’s banking market adapts to greater minimum capital requirements and thinks about how more powerful balance sheets can support financial development.
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, guv of Lagos State, and Doris Uzoka-Anite, the minister of state for spending plan and financial preparation, will go to as unique visitors of honour.
Bello Maccido, ceo of Crosse Pointe Capital & & Advisory and Wakilin Sokoto, will chair the occasion, while Dele Alabi, president and chairman of the CIBN Council, will function as primary host.
The hybrid event is anticipated to draw in federal government authorities, members of the diplomatic neighborhood, magnate, senior bank executives, academics, expert bodies and other stakeholders from Nigeria and abroad.
Hope Moses-Ashike
Hope Moses-Ashike is an Associate Editor, Banking and Finance, with more than a years of experience reporting on Nigeria’s monetary system and wider economy. She carefully tracks market motions, financial policy choices, business disclosures, regulative actions, financial indications, and worldwide advancements, and analyzes what they indicate for organizations, financiers, policymakers, and families. Her reporting assists readers comprehend intricate problems such as inflation patterns, forex market characteristics, rates of interest choices, bank efficiency, and financial investment threats. She likewise covers significant worldwide occasions and occasionally takes a trip to Washington, D.C., to report on the World Bank/IMF Spring and Annual Meetings. Her devotion to monetary journalism has actually made her numerous acknowledgments and invites to top-level expert advancement programs. She is an alumna of the International Visitors Leadership Programme (IVLP) in the United States and holds an Advanced Financial Journalism Certificate from journalism Association Training in London, UK. Her other significant accomplishments consist of finishing the Lagos Business School CMC Programme, the Bloomberg Media Africa Initiative Programme, and a Master Class in Journalism at Rhodes University in South Africa.
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