Ikpobe, UBA’s DMD resigns as five divisional heads emerge

The bank announced on Sunday that the Board of Directors has accepted the resignation of Mr. Apollos Ikpobe from the bank just as it named five new divisional heads as part of concerted efforts to improve on the bank’s current growth momentum and deliver on stellar results in the current financial year and beyond.

 The new alignment involves creation of five Directorate Heads to man various Strategic Business Groups (SBGs) in UBA Nigeria to achieve optimal span of control and more effective supervision in a bid to drive improved customer relationship.

The new divisional heads are Liadi Ayok, Tari Ekpebu, Aisha N’Allah,  Ibrahim Puri and Mohammed Abubakar.

 Lagos, Oyo, Ogun, Kwara, Ekiti and  Osun States will now be supervised by Liadi Ayoku whilst Tari Ekpebu will oversee Rivers, Bayelsa, Cross Rivers, Akwa- Ibom, Edo and Delta States.

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 Aisha N’ Allah will be responsible for the Group’s business in Sokoto Kebbi and Zamfara while Ibrahim Puri will oversee UBA’s operations in Bauchi, Kogi, Nassarawa, Borno, Yobe, Plateau and Adamawa States and Mohammed Abubakar, will supervise the bank’s operations in Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Jigawa, and Niger states.

The new appointments and realignment take immediate effect.

 “This repositioning exercise was done to bring our senior and more experienced staff closer to the customers to facilitate improved relationship management and decision making”  Group Managing Director of the bank, Mr. Phillips Oduoza said.