By Dele Sobowale
“Miracles happen to those who believe in them.”
For the second time since I started writing columns for Vanguard in 1987, an organisation in the public and private sectors has proved me wrong, and I am absolutely delighted to admit it. When Polaris Bank was created out of the ashes of Skye Bank in 2018, I gave the new bank no chance for survival.
Everyone who came within earshot was told to go and withdraw their deposits.
Then the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, announced names of the new management and board of directors. It was time to wait and see.
The first MD set the tone“For me, what was most reassuring was the statement by Mr Adetokunbo Abiru, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer who said:
“The emergence of Polaris Bank on September 21, 2018, has heralded a new dawn as it laid the foundation for institutional competitiveness and service innovation in the nation’s challenging banking space.
“We shall continue to run an ethnically…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
