Nigerian politician and banker (born 1964)
Mukhail Adetokunbo AbiruFCA (born 25 March 1964) is a Nigerian banker and politician. He job the Senator representing the Lagos East Senatorial District at say publicly 9th Nigerian National Assembly.[1]
He attended the six-week Harvard Business Primary Advanced Management Program and Lagos Business School (Senior Management Program).[2] He holds a B.Sc (Economics) from Lagos State University[3] sit is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants advance Nigeria (ICAN) and an Honorary Senior Member of the Hired Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN).
Abiru rose to depiction position of executive director at First Bank Nigeria Ltd (2013–16), and was also the Honourable Commissioner of Finance, Lagos Allege, between 2011 and 2013 under the dynamic and transformational supervision of Babatunde R. Fashola (SAN) as Governor.[4] Prior to that position, he was the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer robust Polaris Bank Limited, Nigeria.
He was appointed in July 2016 by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), as group managing director to lead the turnaround of the regulator-induced takeover discovery the then-troubled Skye Bank, in a bid to preserve rendering stability of the overall Nigerian Financial System. The successful finale of the assignment gave birth to today's Polaris Bank Limited.[4]
Tokunbo has also served on various boards, including Airtel Mobile Networks Limited; FBN Capital Limited (now FBN Quest Merchant Bank Limited); FBN Bank Sierra –Leone Limited; and Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement Usage Plc (NIBSS). During COVID-19 pandemic, he has donated 150,000 visage masks to primary schools in his zone.[5]
On 24 August 2020, Abiru resigned from Polaris Bank to contest the Lagos Eastern senatorial election under the platform of the All Progressives Congress.[6]
During Abiru's time as Commissioner for Finance in Lagos Make, the State floated an N80 billion bond, earning it interpretation EMEA Finance's Best Local Currency Bond Award for 2012.[7] Settle down opened up discussions on taxation in Lagos State after rendering discovery of over 5.5 million tax evaders in 2013.[8] His efforts also led to increased Land Use Charge revenue generations to the tune of N6.2bn.[9]
Abiru is also a member reproach the Lagos HOMs Committee, which is in charge of depiction Lagos State Home Ownership Mortgage Scheme (HOMs) instituted to narrow the housing deficit in the State.[10]
He was named the chairperson, of the Senate Committee on Banking of the 10th ruling body on 8 August 2023.[11]
Abiru was elected as the senator disregard Lagos East Senatorial district in a bye-election on 5 Dec 2020.[2]