BY ONYEKA AJUMOBI ONOCHIE
The Senate has successfully screened two nominees of President Muhammadu Buhari, Ms. Diana Okonta and Hajiya Ya’ana Yaro, as Non-Executive Directors to the Board of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC).
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions, Senator Uba Sani, commended the President for the nomination of the two immensely qualified Nigerian women as Non-Executive Directors to the Board of the corporation.
He expressed delight that the two nominees were both women with proven track record of impressive performance, expressing hope that they would bring their vast experience to bear in the performance of the board.
While noting that the country, like other parts of the world, was facing difficult situation with the fight against COVID-19, Senator Sani charged the NDIC Board and Management to re-double their efforts at promoting good corporate governance practices in the banking industry, while, at the same time, also commending the corporation for constantly responding to emerging trends and business models in the financial sector.
Speaking in the same vein, female members of the Committee, Senators Betty Apiafi and Uche Ekwunife, expressed the Committee’s satisfaction with the President for appointing women to the board of the corporation, expressing delight that both nominees were accomplished technocrats of high repute who had distinguished themselves in their chosen careers and were well-placed to add vigor to the performance of the Board of the Corporation.
President Buhari had earlier forwarded to the Senate, names of Ms. Diana Okonta and Hajiya Ya’ana Yaro as Non-Executive Director nominees to represent the South-South and North-East geo-political zones, respectively, on the Board of the NDIC.
Ms. Diana, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) has over 30 years’ cognate experience spanning both the private and public sectors while Hajiya Ya’ana Yaro is a member of the ICAN and Nigeria Institute of Marketing also with over 30 years’ experience in both the private and public sectors.
Pix: Diana Okonta (Left) and Hajiya Ya’ana Yaro at the screening