Tinubu appoints 36-year-old Nwagba as new CEO for CREDICORP

By James Moses (9News Nigeria -Jos)

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday approved the appointment of Engineer Uzoma Nwagba as the new Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation (CREDICORP).

Açcording to a statement by Presidential Spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale on Friday night, the appointment was in keeping with the President’s dedicated efforts to financial inclusion and economic prosperity for the majority of Nigerians.

Prior to his appointment, Ngelale said Engineer Nwagba served as Chief Operating Officer of the Bank of Industry (BoI), in-charge of driving Micro-credit and other financial intervention at the institution.

“He had also served as Senior Investment Associate, specializing in Financial Services (Banking, Insurance, Pensions) at the Capital Alliance.

“Engineer Nwagba was a Software Engineer at Microsoft, where he led multiple teams charged with building enterprise and Mobile Software for emerging market (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, and Nigeria), before his transition to finance.

“The President expects the new Chief Executive Officer of this critical agency to bring to bear his wealth of experience in finance and technology as well as his record in driving financial interventions across Nigeria in this new role in order to expand access to credit to all classes of Nigerian citizens, while promoting financial inclusion, and enhancing the quality of life of a Nigerian people as they access the tangibles of prosperity”,the statement said.

Engineer Nwagba, 36, holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Havard Business School and First-class Bachelor of Engineering from the Harvard University, Washington DC.

-9News Nigeria.