First Bank storms Abia to explore business opportunities
From Boniface Okoro, Umuahia
Nigeria’s premier bank, First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) on Thursday, January 9, 2025, stormed Abia State to ostensibly explore business opportunities and discuss areas of mutual business interests with the state government.
The FBN delegation was led by its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Group Managing Director (GMD), Olusegun Alebiosu, alongside other top officials.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Citizen Ukoha Njoku Ukoha, disclosed that the team was received by Governor Alex Otti at his Umuehim Nvosi country home in Isialangwa South Local Government Area of the state.
According to the CPS, “Governor Otti was so elated to receive members of his constituency in his former life as a banker. He thanked the First Bank team for finding time to come to Abia State to identify with one of their own.
“The Governor enjoined the bank to explore areas of collaboration between the state and the bank and assured them of the state’s readiness to partner with the private sector on numerous projects,” Ukoha stated.
On his part, the FBN GMD, Alebiosu, described Governor Otti as his boss and mentor who is always willing to share his wealth of knowledge and skills with those who grew under him during his banking years.
He expressed his excitement at the level of transformation and development he saw in Umuahia, the State Capital.
The FBN Chief promised to visit Aba, the Enyimba City, to witness the improvement and rapid development of the City which, he said, he has been seeing in the news.
He thanked Governor Otti for being a good ambassador of the banking industry and assured of the willingness of his bank to partner with the state in order to be part of the State’s success stories.
Alebiosu and his team later went into a closed-door meeting with Governor Otti. Some of the FBN team who were part of the meeting with the Governor include Nkiru Harriet Eze, Group Head, Public Sector, South South; Ifeanyi Akamigbo, Group Head, Public Sector, South East; Akanu Obasi Okoro, Ag. Group Head, Commercial Banking, South East 2, Bassey Ogar, Business Manager, Commercial Banking, Aba 2, Chinwe Okeke, Group Head, Retail Banking, South East 2 and Onyebuchi Stephen, Business Development Manager, Aba 2.
