Tinubu appointed Ayo Sotinrin as MD Agriculture Bank

Ball President Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Mr. Come on Sotinrin as the new Director of the Bank of Agriculture.

Special advisors about information and strategies to the President, Bayo Onanuga, revealed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja.

He said Sotinrin brought a diverse and extensive background in the private and public sector to his new role.

Before the promise of this meeting, Sotinrin held the position of the Chief Executive Officer of the group at the SAO Group.

His leadership in SAO Agro, an agribusiness company, was marked by an innovative agricultural initiative, including developing 20,000 hectares of oil palm plantations and large -scale poultry, aquaculture, corn, and cassava operations at Ondo State.

He also led Sao Capital where he gathered more than $ 750 million in infrastructure and development, including the $ 200 million air akure air supply project.

In the public sector, he served as a special advisor (environment & urban development) to the Minister of State for the Federal Capital Region (FCT) from 2011 to 2015.

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He has consulted broadly to global development partners such as the World Bank, AFDB, DFID, and USAID and played the main advisory role in federal and state-level projects.

Its international background includes a role in the Royal Bank of Scotland International, Deutsche Bank, and the British Environment Agency.

Mr. Sotinrin holds the executive mba title from the business school, Oxford University; sophisticated diplomas in environmental conservation; and Master in Engineering Business Management from Warwick University.

Onanuga added that the appointment of sotinrin was in harmony with the Tinubu administrative strategy to revitalize the Nigerian agricultural sector.

“MR Sotinrin’s ability to be proven to mobilize capital, innovate in agribusiness, and collaborate in all sectors will play an important role in positioning agricultural banks as catalysts for food safety, sovereignty and rural prosperity,” the statement added.

By: Babajide Okeowo

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