Tinubu appoints board members for CreditCorp

• Published On: 03 July 2024 at 19:34

President Bola Tinubu has authorised the appointment of a chairman and eight members of the board of the Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation, popularly known as CreditCorp.

The appointment is to “Further expedite the process of expanding consumer credit access to Nigerians,” Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, said in a statement signed Tuesday.

The statement is captioned ‘President Tinubu appoints the board of Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation.’

They include Aderemi Abdul (Board Chairman & Independent Non-Executive Director and Uzoma Nwagba who was named Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer in April 2024.

The other two are Ms. Olanike Kolawole, executive director of operations/COO, and Mrs. Aisha Abdullahi, executive director of credit, risk, and portfolio)/CRO.

In addition, he named four nominations as non-executive directors from different government departments.

They're nominees of the Ministry of Finance Incorporated, Dr. Armstrong Takang; National Identity Management Commission, Dr. Peter Iwegbu; Ministry of Trade and Investment, Mr. Mohammed Abbas; Mr. Marvin Nadah of the Federal Competition & Consumer Protection Commission and a representative of the Federal Ministry of Finance.


The President expects the new members of the Board to “bring their vast experience, competence, and dedication to bear in their functions to achieve CREDICORP’s mandate of accelerating access to consumer credit to millions of Nigerians.”