Olatunde Agbeja becomes AIBA chairman

The African Insurance Brokers Association (AIBA) has elected Babajide Olatunde-Agbeja as chairman of the continental body.

The election which was held at recently concluded African Insurance Organisation Conference in Kenya had the following as others members of the executive to steer the ship of the continental body for the next one

Shaibu Ali – Ghana – vice chairman, Ekeoma Ezeibe – Nigeria, secretary; Yombo Bammeke – Nigeria – Treasurer; Nelson Omolo – Kenya – Ex Officio; Shola Tinubu – Nigeria – Ex officio; and Jean Baptiste Ntukamazina- AIO SG – Ex Officio.

Industry operators have noted that the election of the new officers would give a great impetus to the body in accomplishing its mandate of broadening the practice of insurance broking in Africa.

In a similar vein, the president of the NCRIB, Rotimi Edu, has felicitated with the new officers expressing delight that the new officers would take the body to greater heights, based on their robust antecedents.

Modestus Anaesoronye

Modestus Anaesoronye is a leading Nigerian financial journalist with over two decades of experience reporting on the insurance and pension sectors across Nigeria and West Africa. He has held key editorial positions at major national media outlets, including The Comet, The Nation, and Financial Standard, and currently serves as a Senior Financial Analyst at BusinessDay Media Ltd. A widely travelled reporter, he has covered industry developments in more than 14 countries across Africa and Asia. Anaesoronye is a multiple award-winning journalist, honoured several times as Insurance Journalist of the Year and Pension Journalist of the Year by recognised industry bodies, including PensionScope and the Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria (PenOp), among others.