Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has approved the appointment of Aliyu Bala Sokoto as the new Managing Director of the Sokoto Investment Company.
A statement issued by the Governor’s spokesman, Malam Imam Imam, said that the appointment of the new SIC managing director took effect from August 18, 2016.
Until his appointment, the new SIC MD served as the business development manager in First Bank of Nigeria Plc.
He was born in November 1975 and attended Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Studies in 1999.
The new SIC MD has over a decade’s experience in investment financing and financial portfolio management. His previous appointments include Relationship, Branch and Area Manager at Guaranty Trust Bank and Platform Officer at FSB International Bank.
Bala Sokoto also served as Business Development Manager for the First Bank in Zaria, in two of its Abuja branches and in Minna, Niger State.