Lagos state Commissioner for Finance, Abiru, resigns

LAGOS — Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, Monday, accepted the resignation of his Commissioner for Finance, Mr Tokunboh Abiru commending him for rendering meritorious service to the state.

Speaking at the State Executive Council meeting after the presentation of the outgoing Commissioner’s letter of resignation to the council, Fashola, noted that the Commissioner who is leaving to take up appointment as Executive Director of First Bank of Nigeria Plc and a Board member of FBN Holdings Plc, gave commendable service to the state.

The governor wished him well in his new challenge as the Executive Director of one of the leading banks in the country and expressed confidence that the out-going commissioner would prove his mettle as a seasoned banker.

Tokunbo Abiru, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and professional banker joined the state’s public service from the First Bank of Nigeria Plc where he had over two decades of a successful career, serving variously as Group Head Corporate Banking and Business Development Manager among others.

In his letter of resignation to the governor,  Abiru expressed his gratitude to the governor for the life changing opportunity to serve the people of Lagos and affirmed that he had indeed benefitted from the art of good leadership and governance. He promised to remain a committed and good ambassador of the values and custom of the state Governor’s admirable leadership.

The letter of appointment from First Bank Plc dated June 19, 2013 said the appointment of Mr Tokunbo Abiru as an Executive Director will take effect from August 1, 2013.

It also said the appointment, subject to satisfactory performance and the usual annual assessment, would in the first instance, be for a period of three years from the effective date and is also renewable for another three years.