The Institute Of Chartered Economists Of Nigeria (icen)

Until the most recent past, it was absolutely difficult to for economists to identify themselves with any professional body because of the non-existence of an organized and independent professional body to regulate the conduct and activities of the profession. This problem of identification had forced a good numbers of our economists to become marketers, bankers, accountants, or administrators without genuine enthusiasm. The economics profession, which hitherto had an in-built honour and dignity, suddenly turned out to be at the mercy of other professional bodies for acceptance and recognition. This unbeareable trend had stirred up a general clarion call by all professional economists for the need to establish a body that would regulate the activities and general conduct of the noble profession. The Institute of Chartered Economists of Nigeria (I.C.E.N) was established by the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 1990, had the pioneering statutory rights to regulate the practice of Show more Economics in Nigeria and still has these rights today. Therefore, The Institute of Chartered Economists of Nigeria (I.C.E.N) was established out of burning desire to promote and encourage the study and development of the art and science of economics in public practice, industries, commerce etc and to inculcate professionalism and specialization in the economics profession in Nigeria. In view of this development, the institute had been mandated by the Act establishing it to regulate the activities of all the different aspects of Economics such as Monetary Economics, Industrial Economics, Business Economics, Educationa and welfare economics, Economics of International relations, Agricultural Economics, Petroleum Economics, etc.