ICSAN seeks higher entry placement in civil service for fresh graduates

The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN) on Wednesday said it  would continue to engage the government to appropriately place holders of its certificate within the civil service.

Mr Bode Ayeku, the incoming President and Chairman of ICSAN Council, made the pledge during his investiture as the 27th President of the institute on Wednesday in Lagos.

Ayeku said such move would ensure that members of professional bodies were encouraged to be more committed due to the benefits derived from their membership.

“We will consider certain areas of interest to our members so that they can see the value for membership which will encourage them to participate actively.

“Our fresh graduates are to be placed at an entry point of Grade Level 10 under the Administrative Officers’ cadre and subsequent  delisting  from the Executive Officers’ cadre, as earlier recommended by the Federal Ministry of Education,” he said.

Ayeku addressed what he referred to as “the wrong impression” of theiInstitute perceived to be a professional body only for the training of company secretaries and those rendering secretarial services.

He said that every one rendering services ranging from being a manager to a proprietor, director and those in business needed the professional edge of the institute to add value to their services.

“We use this opportunity to inform the public that every proprietor, manager, director, employee, businessman needs to be a chartered administrator in order to continue to add value to their organisations,” he said.

The president also pledged to consolidate on the gains of his predecessors to achieve the goals of ICSAN.

He disclosed his administration’s focus on areas such as aggressive membership drive, scaling up benefits for members and exploring new opportunities for Chartered Secretaries and Administrators in the Nigerian Code of Corporate Governance 2018.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ayeku is currently the Company Secretary and Legal Adviser of Nestlé Nigeria Plc.

He had also served the Institute in various capacities, since his appointment into the council in 2009.

Also speaking, Mr Samuel Kolawale, the immediate past president of the institute, tasked the new administration to sustain initiatives such as the Corporate Social Responsibility and also to improve on the achievements of the past administration.

Mr Olusegun Osunkeye, Chairman of the occasion, urged leaders to borrow a leaf from the successful transition story of the institute, particularly in the aspect of elections.

NAN also reports that the institute launched a book titled, “The ICSAN Company Secretaries Handbook on Meetings and Minutes”.

NAN