BOA Leadership
Our leadership provides entrepreneurial initiatives within a framework of prudent and effective governance. The Board acknowledges its contribution to achieving management accountability, improved risk management and ultimately creating shareholder value over the long term
ALWAN ALI HASSAN
Ag. Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer
Alwan Ali Hassan has banking experience spanning over two decades. He is a graduate of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria where he obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Quantity Surveying in 1980. He bagged a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from his alma mater in 1987. He is a registered member of
IDIAT T. FOLORUNSHO
DGM, Divisional Head, Risk Management & Control
Folorunsho Titilayo Idiat. Born in Offa, Kwara State, she completed her IJMB at Borno College of Basic Studies (BOCOBS), Maiduguri. She went further to the University of Maiduguri, Borno State, for a Bachelor’s in Business Management. She later obtained an MBA and M.Sc. in Business Administration, from Ahmadu Bello University,
OLATOMIDE, D.A
DGM, Divisional Head, Finance & Strategy
Daniel Olatomide, prior to his employment in the Bank, was a Financial Analyst with International Merchant Bank of Nigeria Limited (IMB) from where he joined the Bank in 1992, and has risen to the position of Chief Auditor. Olatomide has also worked in various capacities spanning from Finance, Treasury, Audit,
YAKUBU, T. W.
AGM, Divisional Head, Corporate Services
Tsukunda .W.Yakubu was recruited into the Bank as an Assistant Manager and has over 24 years’ experience working in various divisions of the Bank. She was a Branch Head, Head of Analysis & Control at the Zonal Office, and an Internal Auditor at the Head Office for 7years. She was
AKILE BOLOGO
AGM, HOD, Strategy & Performance Management
Akile Bologo joined the services of Bank of Agriculture in 1999 and has served as Branch Manager in several locations across the nation before his deployment to Financial Control Department in the Bank’s Head Office in 2013 where he pioneered the expansion of digitization of the Bank’s financial reporting, extending
TAIBAT BELLO MAFARA
AGM, HOD, MSMEs
Mrs. Bello is a Development Banker with more than three decades of experience in development financing. She started her working carrier with the defunct Peoples Bank of Nigeria that later merged with the former Nigeria Agricultural and Cooperative Bank now Bank of Agriculture. She is presently the Head of Micro,
TAIBAT BELLO MAFARA
HOD, MSMEs.
Mrs. Bello is a Development Banker with more than three decades of experience in development financing. She started her working carrier with the defunct Peoples Bank of Nigeria that later merged with the former Nigeria Agricultural and Cooperative Bank now Bank of Agriculture. She is presently the Head of Micro,
OGARAWU ANSELM CHIDIEBERE
HOD, Corporate Communication Department
Ogarawu Anselm Chidiebere joined the services of Bank of Agriculture in 1998 as a Branch Manager after three months practical training. After merger, he was deployed to South East Zonal Office, Enugu as the lending Officer. He worked to streamline the disbursement process in the branches within the Zone that made tracking disbursement seamless.
Our Strengths
Nigeria’s largest development Finance Institution (DFI) in Agricultural Financing.
DFI with the highest operational coverage nationwide
Highest interface with small holder farmers.
Deep institutional knowledge of rural and agricultural financing.
Strategic partnership with stakeholders in Agri-business, national and international.
