ZENITH BANK MARKS 35 YEARS ANNIVERSARY, CELEBRATES PIONEER CUSTOMERS AND LONG-SERVING STAFF

Amidst pomp and pageantry layered with a combination of glitz and glamour, Zenith Bank Plc marked its thirty fifth yr anniversary with a commemorative Chairman’s Dinner on the Eko Conference Centre, Eko Lodges & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos on Friday, August 15, 2025.

In recognition of their immense contributions to the success of the model, the financial institution additionally offered commemorative awards and plaques to pioneer prospects and long-serving workers, who’ve served meritoriously for 25 years and above.

The ceremony introduced collectively key stakeholders of the financial institution together with prospects, workers (previous and current), regulators, companions, and associates, who all got here collectively to have a good time 35 years of wonderful and progressive banking companies that has propelled the banking large to the height of Nigeria’s monetary trade.

Among the many eminent personalities who graced the event had been the Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Kashim Shettima, GCON; Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Governor of Ondo State, Mr. Fortunate Aiyedatiwa; Governor of Taraba State, Dr. Agbu Kefas; Governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Zulum; Governor of Delta, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, who was ably represented by the Deputy Governor, Sir. Monday Onyeme; Alhaji Aliko Dangote, GCON; and former governors Peter Obi and Udom Emmanuel (additionally an alumnus of Zenith Bank).

In her welcome tackle, the Group Managing Director/ Chief Government of Zenith Bank Plc, Dame Dr. Adaora Umeoji, OON applauded the Founder and Chairman, Jim Ovia, CFR for his foundational position in constructing the constructions for what has at present turn into a shining instance of excellence within the Nigerian banking trade and a globally recognised monetary establishment. She described him as “the Godfather of recent banking and the Nostradamus of our time, who via sheer tenacity, foresight, and uncompromising integrity reworked a modest imaginative and prescient into the monetary powerhouse we have a good time at present”.

In his goodwill message, the Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Kashim Shettima, GCON, a proud alumnus of the financial institution, praised the Founder and Chairman of Zenith Bank Plc, Jim Ovia, CFR for being on the coronary heart of the very profitable model that at present stands as Nigeria’s largest financial institution by Tier-One capital. In line with him, “Lengthy earlier than know-how turned the bloodstream of worldwide finance, Jim Ovia had already woven it into the DNA of Nigerian banking trade. He launched innovation not as a trend however as a philosophy, putting Zenith Bank on a path the place excellence will not be an ambition however a normal. But his true signature will not be solely on the steadiness sheet. For Jim Ovia, the folks make an establishment. His best funding has been in human capital – in transferring his expertise and sense of journey to era after era of bankers and traders cast at Zenith Bank”.

Additionally talking on the occasion, the Founder and Chairman of Zenith Bank, Jim Ovia, CFR expressed its immense appreciation to all visitors for becoming a member of the financial institution in celebrating this momentous event. He thanked the financial institution’s esteemed prospects and shareholders for his or her belief, confidence and shared imaginative and prescient; the regulators, for his or her steering through the years; his associates and companions, for being a relentless supply of power; the Zenith Bank household led by the distinctive Group Managing Diector/CEO, Dame Dr. Adaora Umeoji, OON, for his or her loyalty and dedication; and his beloved spouse and household for his or her love and assist.

Based in Might 1990, Zenith Bank has grown from humble beginnings into one among Africa’s main monetary establishments with branches throughout the 36 states of the federation and the FCT, Abuja in addition to subsidiaries in the UK, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Gambia, France, UAE and a consultant workplace in China.