Society Seeks Reforms In Nigeria’s Corporate Governance

Society for Corporate Governance successful Nigeria (SCGN) has urged regulators, institutions and ecosystem players to rise governance standards crossed sectors, noting that the determination is expected to fortify fiscal reforms, amended regulatory compliance and heighten the National Code of Corporate Governance.
SCGN further described the request to thrust ethical governance successful a disrupted situation by advancing firm argumentation with stakeholders, thought leaders, and organization players to supply solutions to navigate challenges successful firm systems.

They arsenic revealed that institutions crossed the globe are grappling with disruption and rising demands for accountability, portion describing the request to physique conversations astir ethical governance and sustainability to code the dearth of cognition successful a rapidly changing satellite of clime change, biodiversity and c credits.

In response, the “Society for Corporate Governance Nigeria (SCGN) speaking astatine a Press briefing yesterday announced its “20th Anniversary Corporate Governance Conference”, scheduled for October 9, 2025 successful Lagos stressing that the milestone lawsuit volition not lone observe the Society’s 2 decades of promoting governance standards successful Nigeria but besides would convene regulators, committee leaders, and manufacture experts to research applicable strategies for gathering resilient, future-ready institutions.

With the taxable “Strengthening Ethical Governance successful a Disrupted World: Reflections connected the Governance Journey for a Sustainable Future,” the league volition analyse Nigeria’s governance advancement implicit the past 20 years portion addressing the astir pressing issues of however institutions stay resilient amid planetary disruption.

Speaking up of the event, CEO of SCGN, Mrs Chioma Mordi, said, For 20 years, SCGN has remained steadfast successful promoting ethical governance successful Nigeria adding that this day league is not conscionable a solemnisation of our travel but a telephone to enactment for committee members, regulators, and concern leaders to clasp accountability and resilience successful a rapidly changing world.

She hinted that the day league volition present initiatives specified arsenic the Corporate Governance Awards arsenic portion of our day celebration. These awards recognise institutions and leaders who person championed integrity, innovation, and sustainability successful governance.

“These awards item the value of celebrating advancement portion mounting higher standards for the future,” she remarked.