{"id":16695,"date":"2024-02-12T07:07:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T07:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wigwe-left-indelible-mark-gov-lawal-mourns-access-bank-boss\/"},"modified":"2024-02-12T07:07:05","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T07:07:05","slug":"wigwe-left-indelible-mark-gov-lawal-mourns-access-bank-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wigwe-left-indelible-mark-gov-lawal-mourns-access-bank-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"Wigwe left indelible mark \u2013 Gov Lawal mourns Access Bank boss"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has described the death of the Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of Access Holdings Plc, Herbert Wigwe, as a big loss to the Nigerian banking industry.<\/p>\n<p>Wigwe died alongside his wife and son in a helicopter crash in California near the Nevada border, United States of America.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued by the Governor\u2019s spokesperson, Sulaiman Bala Idris, in Gusau, on Sunday, Governor Lawal expressed grief over the death of Wigwe and his family.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Wigwe\u2019s death was a significant loss not only to his family and friends but to the business community in the country and the entire continent of Africa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI lost a friend who had made immense contributions to the banking industry in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLate Herbert Wigwe had left an indelible mark on the banking industry in Nigeria through his tireless work and dedication.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis contributions were significant and far-reaching, impacting his immediate professional circle and the wider business community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have had a personal relationship with the late Wigwe since my days in the banking sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMay the family, friends, and associates of Wigwe be granted the fortitude to bear this significant loss. He will always be remembered,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Wigwe left indelible mark \u2013 Gov Lawal mourns Access Bank boss<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has described the death of the Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of Access Holdings Plc, Herbert&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5518,3122,15,10507],"tags":[2768,2779,422,180,3731],"class_list":["post-16695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-access-bank","category-lawal","category-news","category-wigwe","tag-access","tag-bank","tag-lawal","tag-news","tag-wigwe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}