8th April 2025, NewsOrient, News, Business And Economy.
Posted By Samuel Egburonu, Editor
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The Founder of Diamond Bank Plc, and pioneer Chairman of MTN, Pascal Dozie, is dead.

He died on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. Born on April 9, 1939 in Egbu, Owerri, Imo State, Dozie died a day before his 86th birthday.

He founded Diamond Bank PLC, which was later merged with Access Bank.

In a statement, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed heartfelt condolences to the Dozie family, the business community, and all Nigerians on the passing of the elder statesman, entrepreneur, and banker.

The statement, signed by the Presidential Spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu also said of the late Dozie: “As the founder of Diamond Bank and the pioneer Chairman of MTN Nigeria, he was at the forefront of two of the most transformative sectors in Nigeria’s development journey: banking and telecommunications.”

NewsOrient reports that apart from founding Diamond Bank PLC and serving as the Pioneer Chairman of MTN, Pascal Dozie served as a former Director at the Central Bank of Nigeria. He was President of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, and Chairman of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group.

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