Tele communications giant, MTN has announced the
resignation of its Nigerian CEO, Michael Ikpoki.
Also, the head of Regulatory and Corporate Affairs,
Akinwale Goodluck has also resigned.
Their sudden resignations came at a time the company
is trying to pay a $5.2 billion (R71 billion) fine imposed
on the company by the Nigerian Communications
Commission (NCC) over MTN Nigeria’s failure to
register customers.
“MTN Nigeria’s CEO Michael Ikpoki and the head of
Regulatory and Corporate Affairs Akinwale Goodluck
have tendered their resignations with immediate effect,”
MTN informed investors on Thursday morning.
The mobile phone operator said Ikpoki would be
replaced by Ferdi Moolman as MTN Nigeria CEO and
Amina Oyagbola as its head of Regulatory and
Corporate Affairs.
Moolman was previously CEO at MTN Irancell and
most recently CEO at MTN Nigeria. A Nigerian national,
Ms Oyagbola also retains the position of MTN Nigeria’s
Head of Human Resources. She formerly headed
regulatory affairs at the Nigerian operating company.
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