Access Holdings Plc’s Board of Directors has officially confirmed the passing of its Chairman, Bababode Osunkoya.
This announcement, conveyed in a statement by Sunday Ekwochi, the Company Secretary of Access Holdings Plc, was submitted to the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) on the evening of Thursday, November 23, 2023.
According to Ekwochi, Osunkoya succumbed to a brief illness on Tuesday, November 21, 2023.
In light of this unfortunate event, the financial institution’s board will soon reveal the appointed successor.
The statement further revealed that Access Holdings Plc’s board now consists of nine members, with a composition of six non-executive directors (including two independent directors) and three executive directors, which includes the group chief executive officer.
The company expressed its condolences, stating, “On behalf of the Board of Directors of Access Holdings Plc and with deep sense of loss, we write to notify the Nigerian Exchange Limited and the investing public of the death of Mr Bababode Osunkoya on November 21, 2023, after a brief illness.
Consequent upon the tragic event, the company now has a nine-member board comprising of six non-executive directors (two of whom are independent) and three executive Directors inclusive of the group chief executive officer.