….Applaud Oyo government over response to fire victims

The Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB) has underscored the pivotal role of insurance in disaster management in the country. However, it bemoaned the fire disaster that ravaged Akesan Market (Oja Akesan), in Oyo town, where properties worth millions of naira were destroyed.

But the council expressed gratitude to the state’s Governor, Seyi Makinde, for his promise to bring succor to the victims of the incident, as well as provide firefighting equipment to forestall a repeat of such ugly incidents

NCRIB President, Dr. Bola Onigbogi, who spoke to The Guardian, over the weekend, decried the spate of incessant fire disasters in the country, noting that such occurrences were preventable by government than those often concerned.

According to her, risks are part of the inevitable circumstances of life, which effect could be better managed by engaging insurance as it is practiced in advance countries of the world. However, she noted that to maximise the value of insurance, the best option for existing and potential clients was to engage the services of insurance brokers.

According to her, the brokers are in the position to advise clients on best possible type and rate of insurance, as well as assist them to make their claims when a loss occurs. She called on the government to always embrace insurance for effective prudential management and to assist the citizens by shifting the burden of compensation to insurers when loses occur to them, against the government’s attitude of giving succor to the victims, which in most cases, may be inadequate.

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NCRIB tasks Nigerians on insurance adoption to hedge disaster

The Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB) has called on Nigerians to take insurance policy as priority to address unfortunate incidents in the society.

The President of the council, Mrs Bola Onigbogi, who described the recent explosion at Abule -Ado in Lagos as unfortunate, commiserated with victims and sympathised with those who lost their loved ones to the unfortunate incident.

Onigbogi said: “At a time like this, the heart of our council and the entire members go after those who lost their beloved families and valuables in the inferno.”

She said the incident provided an auspicious platform to underscore the pivotal place of insurance in risk mitigation and control. x https://6fcba24c03d366d605084def80ab14e2.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html

The NCRIB president applauded Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu for setting up a N2 billion relief fund to address emergency needs in the area.

“This is highly commendable by the governor; however, insurance is a business setup for other businesses to thrive.

“A payment of little premium to the insurance industry could have taken off the burden from the state government,” she said.

According to her, in other climes, insurance normally provides succour to people in the event of adversity occasioned by loss of lives and property such as the case at hand.Onigbogi expressed disappointment that Nigeria was yet to embrace insurance and give it priority in the country.She noted that government would not have had to provide succour to victims of disasters if insurance was given its pride of place.

“The council uses this opportunity to canvas that deliberate efforts should be made on the part of government to encourage the embrace of insurance by the generality of the people.

“This is for its enormous benefits to national economy and social stabilisation.

“For instance, the humongous amounts often doled out as bailouts to victims of disasters could have been preserved and utilized by government for other pressing needs in the society,’’ she said.

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