The Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRC) has continued its campaign to promote Actuarial Science in secondary schools, urging them to consider the course to tackle the lack of professionals in the country.
The council took its awareness program to C.M.S Grammar School in Bariga, Lagos, on May 29 to teach the students about the advantages of the profession.
Harris Oshojah, head of the directorate of Actuarial Standards, FRC explained that Nigeria continues to hire professionals from South Africa and other foreign countries for the job due to lack of qualified experts in the country.
“There is an acute shortage and that is a big issue in the country, because the few ones that are managing the risk are overwhelmed. And you even have some of them that come from other foreign countries to come and work for us. For instance, in South Africa, we have over
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