About Us

The Institute of Directors Nigeria (IoD Nigeria) is a Professional Institute which promotes directors, develops corporate governance, represents our members to government, enhances the economy for business development and provides services to our membership.

IoD Nigeria will promote good corporate governance in Nigeria by empowering those who are charged with governance duties to effectively and legally discharge those duties;

IoD Nigeria aims to safeguard the integrity and status of directorship as a profession by serving as the professional body for directors and through the provision of a professional designation which serves to assess and credit mastery;

IoD Nigeria would take a continuing and effective interest in legislation as this relates to governance and directors’ duties in order to ensure as far as possible that basic commercial freedoms and rights are preserved and that a climate conducive to sound economic growth is maintained;

IoD Nigeria commits to undertake, provide and support or assist in research, thought leadership, guidance, advice, opportunities for peer interaction, education and training which may assist in the attainment or advancement of any of the objects of IoD Nigeria

IoD represents directors in their individual capacity and empowers them to contribute significantly to the welfare of the companies they run and to national development. IoD works to establish and maintain contact amongst business leaders at the highest levels and interfaces with government for the creation and entrenchment of favourably business friendly policies in seemingly challenging circumstances for the creation of wealth.