NIMN President reels out plans for H2 2022
By Oghale Mafuru
As part of efforts to build on the successes recorded in the preceding administrative year, President of the National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria, NIMN, Mr. Idorenyen Enang has revealed plans for the second half of the year in line with his mandate to reposition the institute for growth.
The president of the institute made this disclosure during a town hall meeting held virtually where heads of the various teams and committees gave detailed reports on the activities of their respective committees.
The president while intimating members on some activities in the previous quarter hinted on the progress made so far with the review of the NIMN Act.
In his words: “Where we are now is that it is currently with the drafters. Once the drafters are done, we will call for an extraordinary meeting where this will be put to vote and with the rectification by council, we will then be ready to approach the National assembly”.
Speaking further, the NIMN boss disclosed that the institute has entered into partnership with the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA which will help propagate the institute, the marketing profession, and support Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).
According to the president, the second half of the year will witness a paradigm shift in the area of galvanizing full participation of members emphasizing that membership will no longer be automatic but will be activated by being financially responsible.
While urging lapsed and inactive members to take advantage of the 90 days offer to be readmitted into the institute as members, he stressed the need for all hands to be on deck to steer the institute to an enviable height.
“We need to rejig our membership modus operandi so that we can be more inclusive and at the same time drive the relevance of our institute. We need to put up some serious reforms in the way we are going about our membership” he stated.
While giving report on behalf of the Journal of Marketing team, Chairman of the committee and First Vice-President of the Institute, Prof. Michael Ikupolati stated that the committee has concluded work on modalities for the submission and approval for articles and that members are working tirelessly to publish a journal that is befitting to the institute. He noted that the team is working to publish at least two journals yearly, beginning from next year.
On her part, Acting Vice-Chairman of the Learning & Development Committee, Katchy Uche while reeling out works done to reorganized training and learning interventions, disclosed that the team has enhanced the training modules to reflect the dynamism of the marketing ecosystem and also working assiduously to synergize with other associations in order to diversify learning opportunities.
Commenting on efforts to review and update the curriculum of the professional exams of the institute, the Chairman of the Education/ Examination and Accreditation Committee, Lampe Omoyele stated that the team is working with marketing professional and academia to get the best curriculum that reflects the current trends in the marketing profession and that a draft of the curriculum will be submitted to the President by August.
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