{"id":62066,"date":"2025-03-03T15:00:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T15:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=62066"},"modified":"2025-03-03T15:00:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T15:00:27","slug":"lapo-gets-new-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/03\/lapo-gets-new-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"LAPO Gets New Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Abaire Olanlesi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>LAPO Microfinance Bank has appointed Dr. Godwin Ehigiamusoe as the new Chairman of its Board of Directors, marking a significant leadership transition.<\/p>\n<p>He succeeds Mrs. Osaretin Demuren, who played a key role in strengthening the bank\u2019s position in Nigeria\u2019s microfinance sector.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Monday, the bank expressed confidence in Dr. Ehigiamusoe\u2019s ability to build on past successes and drive financial inclusion efforts.<\/p>\n<p>As the founder of the Lift Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO) in the late 1980s, he has been instrumental in expanding its reach into microfinance, healthcare, insurance, and agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>With a doctorate in policy and development studies and credentials as a chartered microfinance banker, Dr. Ehigiamusoe is expected to reinforce LAPO\u2019s mission of providing accessible financial services, particularly to underserved communities.<\/p>\n<p>He has pledged to deepen financial inclusion and expand access to financial services across Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Abaire Olanlesi LAPO Microfinance Bank has appointed Dr. Godwin Ehigiamusoe as the new Chairman of its Board of Directors, marking a significant leadership transition. He succeeds Mrs. Osaretin Demuren, who played a key role in strengthening the bank\u2019s position in Nigeria\u2019s microfinance sector. In a statement on Monday, the bank expressed confidence in Dr. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":62067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-62066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62066"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62068,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62066\/revisions\/62068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}