By InvestAdvocate
Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-NPF Microfinance Bank Plc on Tuesday said it appointed four (4) new directors on its board.
“These appointments were ratified by the shareholders at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) which held on 23 July 2015,” the micro-lender said in a notice to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE).
The newly appointed directors are Azubuko Joel Udah, Audu Abubakar, CP Dorothy Gimba and ACP Joseph Daramola.
Udah is a retired deputy inspector general of Police (DIG).
He attended the University of Ibadan and graduated in 1978 with a B.Sc. Political Science. He was enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police in 1979 after his mandatory national service in Oyo State.
He also holds a LLB and LL.M from the University of Calabar and University of Jos respectively and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2000.
Udah also attended the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPPS) Kuru, Jos in 2004 and was the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Administration, Force Headquarters, Abuja, before his retirement.
On his part,Abubakar has a Diploma in Criminal Justice Administration (DCIA) from the University of Lagos (2006) and is an experienced Police officer who has headed several police commands in various states in Nigeria.
He became an assistant inspector general of Police (AIG) 2008 retired as a deputy inspector general of Police in 2012.
He has attended numerous training courses both within and outside Nigeria.
While Gimba holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English from the University of Maiduguri in 1982. She is an experienced police officer who has headed several Police Commands in various states of Nigeria and is currently the Commissioner of Police (Police Cooperative Multi-Purpose Society Ltd).
She has attended several professional trainings both within and outside Nigeria. She is also a contributory author of the book ‘’Policing Nigeria in the 21st Century’’.
Daramola holds a B.Sc. Economics (1985) and MSc. Banking and Finance (1996) from Bayero University.
He also has an Advanced Diploma Certificate in Law also from Bayero University Kano in 2011. He was a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Kano and Detective/Administrative Officer at the Special Fraud Unit FCID Millerton, Lagos.
He has undergone several professional courses both within and outside Nigeria. Currently he is the Financial Controller of the Nigeria Police Multipurpose Cooperative Society.
“Gimba and Daramola are representatives of the Police Cooperative Society Ltd and replaced Usman Isa Baba and Muhammed G. Mukaddaas following their retirement and redeployment respectively,” the company said.
