Access Holdings Plc has revealed the passing of its Chairman, Bababode Osunkoya.
The news was conveyed through a statement by Sunday Ekwochi, the Company Secretary, on Thursday night, November 23, 2023, and formally submitted to the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX).
According to Ekwochi, Osunkoya succumbed to a brief illness on Tuesday, November 21, 2023. The statement further conveyed that the Board of Directors will soon disclose the chosen successor to lead the financial institution.
With the demise of Osunkoya, Access Holdings Plc now operates with a 9-member board of directors, consisting of 6 non-executive directors and 3 executive directors.
The statement reads,
• ‘’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.
• ‘’We will notify the investing public subsequently of the board’s choice of his successor.’’
