Providus Bank Makes Grand Entry, Inaugurates Ultra Modern Office

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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode; Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu I; Managing Director, Providus Bank, Mr. Walter Akpani and his wife, Winnie during the commissioning of Providus Bank Ultra-Modern Headquarters Office Complex.

Ten months after it was granted a commercial banking license with regional authorization by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Providus Bank marked its entry into the Nigerian banking industry with the inauguration of its ultramodern headquarters in Victoria Island, Lagos yesterday.

The high profile launch had in attendance Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu 1 among other dignitaries.

According to the Managing Director of the new bank, Walter Akpani, the bank was established with a vision to build an enduring and sustainable customer-focused financial institution. Akpani also used the opportunity to commend Governor Ambode for the massive infrastructural development in the State and the efforts at enhancing ease of doing business.

The Governor equally commended the management of Providus Bank for its commitment to positively impact the banking sector, urged the team to come up with programmes that would bring more financial inclusion to Lagos specifically in the area of access to financial services.

“I urge you, as financial intermediaries, to facilitate the growth of the economy by designing products for the real sector thereby supporting made-in-Nigeria goods. I also urge you to pay special attention to Small and Medium Scale Enterprises because these are the fastest vehicles for job creation and growing new businesses,” Ambode said.

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (2nd left); Managing Director, Providus Bank, Mr. Walter Akpani (2nd right); Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu I (right) and Wife of the Managing Director of Providus Bank, Mrs. Winnie Akpani (left) during the commissioning of Providus Bank Ultra-Modern Headquarters

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (middle); signing the visitior’s register while the Managing Director, Providus Bank, Mr. Walter Akpani (right); Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu I (left) and Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem (middle behind), watch during the commissioning of Providus Bank Ultra-Modern Headquarters Office Complex at Victoria Island, Lagos, on Thursday, April 20, 2017.

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, with Managing Director, Providus Bank, Mr. Walter Akpani and Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu I (right) during the commissioning of Providus Bank Ultra-Modern Headquarters Office Complex at Victoria Island, Lagos, on Thursday, April 20, 2017.