President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Uzoma Nwagba as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation, CREDICORP.
Other key appointments the President made on Wednesday include Otunba Aderemi Abdul, who is to serve as Board Chairman (independent non-executive director); Mrs. Aisha Abdullahi, Executive Director, Credit, Risk and Portfolio; and Ms. Olanike Kolawole, Executive Director, Operations.
The appointees also include Dr Armstrong Ume Takang (MOFI nominee); Dr Peter Iwegbu (NIMC nominee); Mohammed Nasiru Abbas (FMITI nominee); Mr Marvin Nadah (FCCPC nominee); and FMF representative, all of whom are non-executive directors.
A terse statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, noted that the President expects the new members of the board of this pivotal institutional vehicle to bring their vast experience, competence, and dedication to bear in their functions to achieve CREDICORP’s mandate of accelerating access to consumer credit for millions of Nigerians.
Ajuri added that the appointments were geared towards expediting the process of expanding consumer credit access to Nigerians.