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| Tokunbo Abiru |
NEWLY appointed Group Managing Director/Chief
Executive Officer of Skye Bank Plc, Tokunbo Abiru, has reiterated the position
of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN’s) in its statement asserting that the
bank is healthy and strong, and will continue to safeguard depositors’ money
irrespective of the change in leadership.
Abiru, spoke during the formal handover from
his predecessor, Timothy Oguntayo, stating that the lender’s fundamentals
remained strong and virile”, assuring customers and other stakeholders of the
safety of their funds and investments.
The Skye Bank chief said his team would
leverage on the bank’s reputable information technology platform to make the
lender not just a frontline retail and commercial bank, but an industry leader.
The CBN on Monday approved the reconstitution
of a new Board with M. K. Ahmad and Abiru as Chairman and Managing Director
respectively...
Other new directors are Bayo Sanni, Idris
Yakubu, Markie Idowu and Abimbola Izu.
The reconstitution of the board followed the
voluntary resignation of the former Chairman, Dr. Tunde Ayeni and other Non –
Executive Directors, namely Victor Odozi, Babajide Agbabiaka, Dr. Jason
Fadeyi, Kunle Aluko, Victor Adenigbagbe, Abdul Bello and Hajiya Amunna Lawan
Ali.
Oguntayo resigned as Group Managing Director
/CEO, along with Mrs. Amaka Onwughalu, Dotun Adeniyi and Mrs. Ibiye Ekong who
were DMD and EDs.
According to sources, the former management was
given option of resignation due to some alleged irregularities which were frown
at by the apex bank.
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