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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday removed Mr. Oba Otudeko and Mrs. Ibukun Awosika as Chairman of First Bank Holdings Company and Chairman, First Bank of Nigeria Plc respectively.
The bank also removed all the directors of the bank and the holding company.
At a press conference in Abuja, CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, said Otudeko on three occasions rejected his entreaties not to remove Mr. Sola Adeduntan as managing director of the bank without making recourse to CBN, which has been providing regulatory forbearance to since 2016.
The apex bank announced the reappointment of Adeduntan as Managing Director and Gbenga Shobo as Deputy Managing Director of the bank respectively.
The company disclosed this in its 2020 audited result released by the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Thursday.
The profit was higher when compared with N73.7 billion achieved in the comparative period of 2019.
Also, profit before tax rose by 11.2 per cent to N83.7 billion in contrast with N75.3 billion posted in 2019.
Its operating income stood at N426.3 billion from N417.5 billion in 2019, while gross earnings dropped marginally by 1.9 per cent to N579.4 billion from N590.4 billion in the previous year.
The company’s total assets rose by 23.9 per cent to N7.7 trillion in contrast with N6.2 trillion achieved in the corresponding period of 2019.