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  • NIMN Sets Up Committee To Review 2003 Act

    NIMN Sets Up Committee To Review 2003 Act

     

    The National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN) Act, which guides the professional conduct of all marketing professionals in Nigeria, has set up a special project team to review the NIMN Act.

     

    According to the Institute, the council at the meeting of the ‘Body of Fellows,’ held recently, inaugurated the special team.

     

    It added that it has solicited the input of the ‘Body of the Fellows’ in the review exercise through making suggestions/recommendations on sections of the Act that should be amended.

     

    Registrar, NIMN, Sydney Ogbodo, while shedding light on the planned review of the Act, revealed that it was enacted in 2003 by an Act of parliament for the great Institute to make rules and regulations that will guide the professional practice and conduct of marketing professionals in Nigeria.

     

    “The purpose of the Institute is to be relevant to its stakeholders, and the review of the Act is to make the Institute more relevant so that whatever constraint that the Council or the Institute is having will be addressed with the amendment of the Act, ”Ogbodo said.

     

    The Registrar mentioned that the Act has served the institute for eighteen years, noting that ‘waters have passed under the bridge’ within the period in question.

     

    His words: “We need to review the Act to be in tune with modern realities in the society. Having operated the Act, we have seen some shortcomings in terms of innovation. We need to review and amend it to be updated so that it can continue to serve the needs of the Institute and members.”

     

    Ogbodo explained that the Institute has sent the copy of the Act to members of the Body of Fellows, asking them to review and suggest areas that should be amended based on their experience.

     

    The copy, he said, will be submitted back to the council on 22 October 2021, after which it will be sent to the National Assembly to re-establish it.

     

  • NIMN Swears-in Disciplinary Tribunal Members, Gears Up for Annual Marketing Conference/AGM

    NIMN Swears-in Disciplinary Tribunal Members, Gears Up for Annual Marketing Conference/AGM

     

    In its quest to build a very strong and highly professional marketing institute, the National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN) has inaugurated a Disciplinary Tribunal and Investigating panel as envisaged in the NIMN Act 25 of 2003.

     

    The inauguration came on the heels of approval received from Attorney  General of the federation and Minister of Justice of the Rules,  “as to the selection of members of the Disciplinary Tribunal for the purposes of any proceedings, the procedure to be followed and the rules of evidence to be observed in the proceedings before the Disciplinary Tribunal.”

     

    Speaking at the swearing-in ceremony of panel members in Lagos, the President and Chairman of the Council, Tony Agenmonmen said the Tribunal has full status of a court except that it can only try marketing practitioners for infamous conduct relating to breaches of the provisions of the NIMN Act and the NIMN Code of Professional Marketing Panels.

     

    Agenmonmen noted that appeals relating to directions of the Tribunal can only be lodged at the Federal Court of Appeal as the Federal Republic of Nigeria official Gazette setting out the rules has been duly published. 

     

    Members of the Disciplinary Tribunal sworn in were Dr. Ify Uraih as the Chairman, while other members were Prince Femi Oyewole, Dr. Onyekachi Onubogu, Mrs. Evelyn Nwosu, Mr. Chidiebere Nwakpa, Adebowale Adebayo and Prof. Mike Ikupolati.

     

    The Investigating Panel included Mrs Angela Ukara-Makinwa, Chairman, while other members were Mr. Chidiebere Nwakpa and Mr. Adebowale Adebayo.

     

    While thanking all the appointees for accepting to give up some of their time to serve the institute, the NIMN President noted that with the inauguration, the institute has witnessed another milestone as it has now joined the elite club of the very few institutes that have such set-up.

     

    In the same development, the President announced the institute’s plans and readiness to hold its 2021 annual marketing conference, Annual General Meeting (AGM), as well as 2021 Council elections.

     

    Agenmonmen disclosed that this year’s event would hold physically on Thursday 27 and Friday 28 May at the Radisson Blu Hotel,  Ikeja, Lagos State with protocols of the COVID-19 being strictly observed.

     

    He stated that this year’s annual marketing conference with the theme: “SMEs in Post-Covid -19 World”, was prompted by the knowledge that SMEs play indispensable roles in the economic and social lives of the nation, in the creation of employment, alleviation of poverty, and immense contribution to the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP).

     

    Stressing further, the president said: “It is therefore important to bring to the fore, the challenges being faced by these SMEs in the country which has been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.”

     

    He added: “In so doing, we intend to share practical insights on how SMEs can adapt and thrive in the Post-Covid -19 era.”

     

    The lead speaker at the conference, according to Agenmonmen is Mr. Alex Okoh, Director-General, BPE at the Presidency.

     

    Following the presentation by the lead speaker, there would be a moderated panel discussion on his paper while a communiqué is expected to be issued at the end of the conference.

     

    Significantly, the NIMN boss stated that this year’s AGM will serve as a platform to present the accounts of stewardship of the 4-year tenure of the out-going executives for the year ended 31 December 2020, as this will mark his last AGM as the Chairman of the Council.

     

    “This will be an opportunity to present the accounts of our stewardship for the year ended 31 December 2020. This would be my last AGM as President and Chairman of Council of our great institute. Therefore, I will use the occasion to present my stewardship for the slightly over four years that I have had the privilege of leading my colleagues in council, to lay a solid foundation and an irreversible growth for the Institute,” Agenmonmen disclosed.

     

    Speaking further, the outgoing president revealed that the AGM will also witness the 2021 elections to fill the positions of the president and two Council seats, whose debates are scheduled to hold on May 15 /16, 2021, for both the Presidency and Council contestants.

     

    Highlighting on some of his achievements, Agenmonmen maintained that nobody can ever say he has fully reached his objectives because it is always work-in-progress.

     

    He noted that his tenure has been able to rebuild the morale of its members and also improved the equity of the brand – the National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria, which he said he is very satisfactory with.

     

    Speaking on his expectations, the Institute boss urged the incoming president to ensure the same, even though he has his own agenda for the Council.

     

    “NIMN is on the march again and on the right trajectory to greatness. Things are looking great. It has been a long and tough road to get here. We are not exactly where we want to and should be, but we are  certainly not where we use to be. I am confident that the next President will build on the solid foundation we have laid and take the Institute to heights beyond compared to the pride of all our members. “

     

     “I think that the most important thing is we have to connect to strengthen equity as well as ensuring unity to keep the family together,” he stated.