Stakeholders Set To Discuss On Micro Pension, Insurance For SMEs

Stakeholders in the financial service sector will converge to deliberate on how insurance and pension sectors’ players can enhance the businesses and livelihood of the Small and Medium Enterprises(SMEs) across the country.

The stakeholders, who are expected to converge at the 2022 conference of the National Association of Insurance and Pension Correspondents (NAIPCO), holding on Thursday, November 3, 2022 in Lagos, will discuss the theme: “On-boarding Small and Medium Scale Enterprises into Micro Insurance and Pension Space in Nigeria.”

While the chairman of the occasion is Eng. Cyril Ajagu, a major investor in the financial services industry as well as oil and gas sector; the director general, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Dr. Mrs. Chinyere Almona, will be the keynote speaker even as the commissioner for Insurance/CEO, National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), Mr. Sunday Thomas, and director general, National Pension Commission (PenCom), Mrs. Aisha Dahir-Umar, will be special guests.

The chairman, Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA), Mr. Segun Omosehin; chairman, Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria (PenOp),  Olumide Oyetan; among others; are expected to grace the event to contribute to the theme of the conference.

The event will also feature the unveiling of NAIPCO’s new name and logo to stakeholders in both sectors of the economy.

Speaking on the conference, the chairperson of NAIPCO, Mrs. Nkechi Naeche-Esezobor, noted that, the theme of the conference is apt as the SMEs sector has been the main driver and engine of growth of the Nigerian economy, and being the sector with the highest employers of labour, it needs all the support to enable it continue to contribute significantly to the economy.

Similarly, the chairperson, 2022 NAIPCO Conference Planning Committee, Mrs. Iyabo Ogunjuyigbe disclosed that the conference promises to meet and surpass expectations as consumer groups will also be present to voice their concerns about insurance and pension services.