Top Nigerian Firms With Highest Female Board Membership, UBA, And Guinness Take The Lead
- About five companies in Nigeria have included more women on their boards than others
- A new report reveals that the companies upped the ante in the last year, with some having more than 50% women representation
- Such companies as UBA, Lafarge Africa, Guinness, and others are bringing more women on board
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United Bank for Africa (UBA) has emerged as the company with the highest number of females on board.
The bank achieved a significant milestone by surpassing major Nigerian companies such as Lafarge, Guinness, BUA, Stanbic IBTC, and Nigerian Breweries.
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UBA leads with most women representation
The bank boasts 15 women and is now the foremost company to exceed the 50% mark of female board membership in 2022.
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Nairametrics reports that the other companies that make up the top five with female representation on their boards in 2022 are Larfage Africa, with 45% female representation; Guinness Nigeria, with 45%; Stanbic IBTC, 42%; and Nigerian Breweries, with 42% female board members.
However, FBN Holdings Plc has 9% females on board, BUA Cement, with 13%, Geregu Power, with 11%, Union Bank Plc with 14%, and Okomu Oil, with 15%. These firms recorded the lowest ratios of female board members.
The development indicates a positive direction in gender diversity among Nigeria's top companies.
According to reports, the share of women on boards reached an all-time high in 2022.
More Nigerian companies include more women in their boards
Analysis revealed boards of Nigeria's 25 most valuable firms on their market caps at the end of 2022.
Further analysis shows a steady trajectory in the increase in the ratio of female board members in the last five years, increasing from 18% in 2018 to 25% in 2022.
However, other countries such as South Africa, the UK, and the US have higher percentages of female board members, with 36%, 41%, and 35%, respectively.
The research and credit agency firm, Augusto Consulting, acknowledges the need for improvement, highlighting that the 25% threshold in Nigeria was due to efforts of forward-thinking companies committed to promoting diversity.
Agusto also said 10 companies increased their female board membership between 2020 and 2022. It pointed out companies such as Okomu Oil, which saw a transformation, growing from zero female representation in 2020 to 15% by the end of 2022.
Flour Mills and Zenith Bank also made significant strides and increased their representation from 7% and 8%, respectively, to each by the end of 2022.
Top companies with women's representation
UBA with eight female board members:
- Owanari Duke
- Aisha Baba:
- Caroline Anyanwu
- Erelu Adebayo
- Angela Aneke
- Abiola Bawuah
- Sola Yomi-Ajayi: CEO of UBA America
- Emem Usoro: UBA's executive director, Nigerian North Bank.
Lafarge Africa with 12 female board members
- Adewale Oyinkan
- Elenda Giwa-Amu
- Adenike Ogunlesi
- Karine Mercie
- Sonal Shrivastava
- Adewunmi Alode
Guinness Nigeria has five of its 12 board members and is women.
- Omobola Johnson
- Ngozi Edozien
- Gráinne Wafer
- Yemisi Ayeni
- Tariye Gbadegesin
Stanbic IBTC Holdings with five out of its 14 board members are women
- Sola David-Borha
- Bunmi Dayo-Olagunju
- Miannaya Essien
- Rabi Isma
- Funeka Montjane
Nigerian Breweries with five female board members
- Adeyinka Aroyewun
- Ndidi Nwuneli
- Ifueko Omoigui-Okauru
- Yeliz Yedikardesler
- Juliet Anammah
Access Bank, GTCo, Zenith, and UBA pay shareholders highest dividends for 2022
Legit.ng reported that Nigeria's Stock market investors had bumper harvests from their investments in listed and quoted firms as they rake in vast amounts of residual income from dividend payments for the 2022 financial year.
According to BusinessDay, United Bank for Africa (UBA), Guarantee Trust Holdings, Zenith Bank, and Access Bank Holdings paid N236.43 billion dividend payout in 2022.
Per the data, Zenith Bank and GTCo recorded the most attractive dividend-paying stocks in the banking industry.
Source: Legit.ng
