Bababode Osunkoya, the Chairman of Access Holdings Plc’s Board of Directors, has died.
Osunkoya, who was selected to oversee Access Holdings’ board a little more than a year ago, is said to have died following a brief illness.
According to a statement submitted to the Nigerian government,
Yesterday, Osunkoya died at the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX).
The statement signed by Sunday Ekwochi, the company’s secretary said, “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.”
During his tenure as chairman of the holdings’ board of directors, the bank reported record earnings, with key ratios trending upward.
He served on the boards of Richardson Oil & Gas Limited, Haggai Mortgage Bank Limited, Freedom Foundation (Nigeria), and Guiding Light Assembly, in addition to Access Holdings Plc. He is also an Associate Member of the Institute of Directors and a Senior Partner of Abax-Oosa Professionals.
Mr. Osunkoya previously worked as a Partner at Bababode Osunkoya & Co., a Manager at Abacus Merchant Bank, and an Assistant Audit Manager at HLB Z. O. Ososanya & Co.
Mr. Bababode Osunkoya was a Senior Partner with Abax-OOSA Professionals, a chartered accounting business. With almost two decades of post-qualification experience in banking, audit, accountancy, taxation, business and financial advisory, and other fields.
Mr. Osunkoya was a University of Lagos accounting graduate and one of the Chartered Institute of Accountants of Nigeria’s first Certified Forensic Auditors. Mr. Bababode Osunkoya is a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAN) and the Nigerian Institute of Taxation (CITN).
May his soul rest in peace.