John Aboh, Chairman, of Ecobank Nigeria Limited, has disclosed that the immediate objective of the Board is to ensure Ecobank Nigeria becomes one of the top three banks in the country in the next few years.
Speaking at the Board of Directors’ Dinner in honour of new and immediate past directors of Ecobank Nigeria in Lagos at the weekend, Aboh re-iterated that the bank is putting in place various initiatives and strategies to realize the set objective. He assures that all hands are on the deck to ensure the bank assume its dream within a few years.
According to the Ecobank Chairman, the bank’s desire is predicated on its current growth trajectory reflected on its key financial indexes within the Ecobank Group results for the last quarter of 2015.
For Aboh the board has a clear and specific mandate to ensure Ecobank Nigeria moves from its present number six position in total assets to Top 3 bank in assets and profitability in the country and “everyone is working assiduously towards the realization of this goal. I make bold to say that with the current management, human resources and strategies in place, we will surely achieve our goal in the next few years.”
He lauded the founders and past directors for their contributions to the present growth of the bank. “Your achievements speak volumes. We will continue to appreciate your sacrifice, efforts and doggedness for taking our bank to another level. We will continue to consolidate on your achievements and carry on with your dream. We are proud of you all,” he stated. He welcomed the new directors and enjoined them to consolidate on the achievements of the past ones, noting that, it was the only way to prove their efforts was not in vain.
Also speaking the Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria Charles Kie assured that the Management will continue to explore the abundant opportunities in the nation’s economic landscape to sustain the current phenomenal growth of the Bank. He charged all stakeholders of the Bank to continue to have faith in the financial institution, stressing that they will continue to improve on the standards the Bank is known for.
Directors honoured at the event include, the immediate past Chairman, Ecobank Nigeria, The Olor’ogun Sunny Kuku; Muazu Anache; Kola Karim and immediate past Managing Director, Jibril Aku. The new board is headed by John Aboh and other members are Garba Imam, Olajumoke Oduwole, Franca Ovadje, Funmi Oyetunji, Evelyne Tall, Edouard Dossou-Yovo, Femi Ayeni (non-executive directors) the new Managing Director, Charles Kie, Tony Okpanachi (DMD), Foluke Aboderin and Dele Alabi make up the Executive Directors.
The event was attended by founders, past directors, high profile customers, shareholders, current management and the parent body, ETI; represented by the Chairman and Group Chief Executive Officer, Emmanual Ikhazoboh and Ade Ayeyemi, respectively.
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