Access Holdings Plc’s Board of Directors has announced the appointment of Mr. Abubakar Aribidesi Jimoh as Chairman of the Board of Directors.
The appointment follows the death of Mr. Bababode Osunkoya, the former chairman of Access Holdings Plc’s Board of Directors.
This was revealed in the Group’s notice to the Nigerian Exchange Limited.
According to a statement signed by the Company Secretary, Sunday Ekeochi, the organization stated: “We refer to our notification dated November 23, 2023, informing the Nigerian Exchange Limited of the death of Mr. Bababode Osunkoya, the former chairman of the Board of Directors of Access Holdings Plc, on November 21, 2023, following a brief illness.”
“In addition, we hereby announce the NGX and the investing public that the Board unanimously approves the appointment of Mr. Abubakar Aribidesi Jimoh as Chairman of the Board of Directors to replace Mr. Osunkoya at its meeting on December 19, 2023.
“Mr. Jimoh was an independent Non-Executive Director who previously served as Chairman of the Board’s Audit Committee and Board Finance and Investment Committee.”
The Board of Directors of Access Holdings Plc recently confirmed the death of its Chairman, Bababode Osunkoya.
This revelation was made in a statement signed by Access Holdings Plc’s Company Secretary, Sunday Ekwochi, and submitted with the Nigerian Exchange Limited on Thursday night, November 23, 2023.
In the statement, Ekwochi stated that Osunkoya died on Tuesday, November 21, 2023, following a brief illness, and that the financial institution’s board will subsequently identify his replacement.
Following the death of the Chairman, Ekwochi stated in the statement that Access Holdings now has a 9-member board of directors comprised of 6 non-executive directors and 3 executive directors.
”On behalf of the Board of Directors of Access Holdings Plc, and with a deep feeling of sorrow, we write to notify the Nigerian Exchange Limited and the investing public of Mr Bababode Osunkoya’s death on November 21, 2023, following a brief illness,” read the statement.
“As a result of the tragic event, the company now has a nine-member board of directors, with six non-executive directors (two of whom are independent) and three executive Directors inclusive of the group chief executive officer.
“We will notify the investing public subsequently of the board’s choice of his successor.’’
