Nigerian Credit Professionals: The World Most Sought-After

...Elevating their Credit Management Credentials with LPCMC's GPSF and GPSA Qualifications
 

Nigerian credit professionals are indeed highly regarded globally for their exceptional skills, broad expertise, and intelligence. Their ability to navigate complex credit and financial systems, analyze credit risks, and drive business growth is impressive.

With Nigeria's growing credit-based economy and a vibrant financial sector, these professionals have developed a unique blend of local market knowledge and global best practices. Their expertise in credit management operations, credit risk assessment, and financial analysis, is sought-after worldwide.

Their brilliance and broad skills have earned them recognition in top global institutions and multinational corporations. In the vanguard of higher specialist education in credit management, the London Postgraduate Credit Management College (LPCMC), UK, presents the globally acclaimed Global Postgraduate Specialist Fellow (GPSF) in credit management and Global Postgraduate Specialist Associate (GPSA) in credit management programmes. These elite certifications are the benchmark for credit management professionals seeking to distinguish themselves in the global credit industry.
 

Resulting from a historic collaborative endeavour between the National Institute of Credit Administration (NICA), chartered, Nigeria's premier statutory credit management institute, (having existed as the “institute of Credit Administration since 1992”), and the London Postgraduate Credit Management College (LPCMC), UK, a renowned leader in credit management education, established in 2007, these programmes embody the highest standards of credit management education at supervisory, managerial and directorate levels, a milestone no other professional body for credit management has ever attained.

NICA brings its unmatched statutory credentials and credit industry reputation to this landmark partnership, having achieved notable milestones:

- Established by Act of Parliament No. 26 of 2022 for the control, supervision and regulation of credit management profession, as well as advising the governments on all matters relating to credit economy frameworks and management.
 

- Proclamation of credit management as a national profession, with qualifications nationally recognized by the Federal Government of Nigeria on October 22nd, 2024

- One of the six professional bodies selected by the Federal Government with whom MoU was signed to partner for the free training of 10 million Nigerians, prioritizing women and youths, to deepen credit and financial inclusion initiative (2025)

With this impressive backdrop, NICA has brokered this significant partnership with the LPCMC, UK, creating global opportunities for its members and Nigerian Credit Management Professionals in general.

As the most sought-after postgraduate qualifications in credit management, the GPSF and GPSA programmes attest to the mastery of credit management operations, strategic credit risk navigation, and credit industry best practices, the professional trends for which Nigerian Credit Professionals are well known.

• GPSF: This is the pinnacle of credit management expertise, designed for senior professionals at managerial and directorate positions.

• GPSA: This is the premier credential for emerging credit management professionals, demonstrating proficiency in credit analysis, credit structuring, credit risk management, and credit defaults recovery.
   

With this synergy undergoing testing waters, we encourage NICA members and Nigerian credit professionals across all industries to seize this opportunity to reinforce their resume for the global credit industry job opportunities.

GPSA/GPSF Eligibility and Fees:

NICA members who have completed or are near completion of the highly acclaimed NICA’s MCMAIP or its CCA certification programmes are the targets for this programme.
 

Programme fees; GPSA: £150, GPSF: £350
 

Payable directly to LPCMC, London. Contact NICA office in Lagos for any further information.
 

NICA members making inquiries about GPSA and GPSF programmes, please send an email to: GCEA@icanigeria.net and chrisonalo-nica@icanigeria.net
 

Phone numbers to call: 08023314598; 08034030160.
 

NICA Website: www.icanigeria.net       LPCMC: londoncredit@lpcredit.co.uk