United Bank for Africa (UBA) has realigned its Nigerian operations and announced new appointments as part of concerted efforts to improve on the bank’s current growth momentum and deliver on stellar results in the current financial year and beyond.
As part of the realignment, the bank has streamlined its operational structure by creating five directorate heads to man various Strategic Business Groups (SBGs) in UBA Nigeria to achieve optimal span of control and more effective supervision in a bid to drive improved customer relationship.
Lagos, Oyo, Ogun, Kwara, Ekiti and Osun states will now be supervised by Liadi Ayoku, while Tari Ekpebu will oversee Rivers, Bayelsa, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Edo and Delta states.
Aisha N’ Allah will be responsible for the Group’s business in Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara.
Ibrahim Puri will oversee UBA’s operations in Bauchi, Kogi, Nassarawa, Borno, Yobe, Plateau and Adamawa states, and Mohammed Abubakar will supervise the bank’s operations in Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Jigawa, and Niger states.
The new appointments and realignment take immediate effect.
“This repositioning exercise was done to bring our senior and more experienced staff closer to the customers to facilitate improved relationship management and decision making,” said Phillips Oduoza group managing director/CEO, UBA.
Meanwhile, the board of directors of the bank has accepted the resignation of Apollos Ikpobe from the bank. Ikpobe who was deputy managing director, domestic bank, resigned effective June 11, 2015, to pursue other interests.
