The National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria, NIMN, has asked the nation’s judiciary and office of the Minister of Commerce, Trade and Investment to make proclamations on the NIMN Act, to enable it  check activities of quacks and erring members.

The re-elected president and Chairman-in- Council  of the institute, Mr. Ganiyu Koledoye, made the plea at the 5th Annual General Meeting of the institute, held recently in Kaduna.

According   to Koledoye, this had become necessary; since such unwholesome practices had continued to constitute one of the critical issues affecting the institute.

The NIMN boss also noted that in spite of efforts of the institute, alongside other professional bodies such as the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM), Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN), towards achieving placement in the federal civil service scheme, members were yet to be fully recognized in the sector.

Koledoye however added that the institute had, in the past one year, succeeded in halting the declining trend in its turn-over by opening up and penetrating the North Central and North West markets.

While expressing his administration’s resolve to opening new frontiers, the NIMN boss  noted that the expansion drive   embarked upon by the institute in the past two years, had begun to yield results, as noticed in the increase, from a partially-functioning six chapters, inherited two years ago, to over twenty three chapters which the institute presently boasts of.

He   re-assured members of the council’s resolve to reposition the institute as a frontline professional body in the country, by pursuing policies that are member-focused.