Yewande Sadiku

Nigerian investment banker

Yewande Sadiku in 2018 at the World Investment Forum

Yewande Sadiku (born 27 July 1972) is a Nigerian investment banker and former public servant. She was the executive secretary and CEO of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission from 8 November 2016 to 24 September 2021.[1][2]

## Education

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In 1992, Sadiku graduated from University of Benin with a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Chemistry. She went on to get a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Warwick in 1995.[3]

## Career

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She worked at Nigeria International Bank Limited (now Citibank Nigeria) from 1992 to 1994. In 1996, she joined Investment Banking & Trust Company Limited (later to be known as Stanbic IBTC Bank), rising to become chief executive officer of Stanbic IBTC Capital in November 2012.

In 2014, Yewande raised funding for the adaptation of the Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie novel, Half of a Yellow Sun, into a full feature film where she (Yewande) served as Executive Producer.[4]

She became executive director, corporate and investment of Stanbic IBTC Bank in July 2015.[5]

She was appointed as executive secretary and chief executive officer of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), in September 2016 by president Muhammadu Buhari.[6]

Under Sadiku, the NIPC improved in ranking from 90th (2016) to 1st (2021) in the Freedom of Information (FOI) Rankings for compliance and transparency.[7] NIPC's internally generated revenue also went from N296 million in 2016 to N3.06 billion in 2020 of which over 50% of this revenue was remitted to the consolidated revenue fund.[8][9]

In June 2022, Yewande Sadiku was appointed head of international investment banking at Standard Bank.[10]

## Allegations

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In August 2021, The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission investigated Sadiku for alleged abuse of office, contract fraud and allowances unaccounted for.[11][12] No charges were pressed against her and the act was criticized by groups as harassment from the EFCC.[13][14] In December 2021, the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission confirmed that they had closed the case investigating her, as none of the allegations made against her was established.[15] She is widely respected for her commitment to transparency, accountability and good corporate governance.[16][17]

## References

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1. ^ Adesanya, Adedapo (2021-09-09). "Sadiku Hails NIPC Performance, Transparency in Five Years | Business Post Nigeria". Retrieved 2021-09-26.
2. ^ "Yewande Sadiku completes 5-year tenure as Executive Secretary/CEO of NIPC". Nairametrics. 2021-09-26. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
3. ^ "SPECIAL REPORT: A Nigerian official reforming NIPC and her many battles". 2021-08-26. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
4. ^ Wole, Wole Famurewa (10 August 2021). "The Lunch Hour, Yewande Sadiku, Executive Secretary/CEO, Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission". Arbiterz. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
5. ^ "Meet Yewande Sadiku, Nigeria's chief investment promoter". Nairametrics. 2021-08-29. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
6. ^ "Buhari appoints Yewande Sadiku, Sharon Ikeazor and 11 Other CEO's for Government Agencies". Proshare. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
7. ^ Opara, Ijeoma. "NIPC emerges winner of 2021 National FOI Ranking". International Centre for Investigative Reporting. The ICIR. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
8. ^ "CSOs back Yewande Sadiku, reject harassment of 'honest public servants'". 2021-08-28. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
9. ^ "INTERVIEW: How we are killing secrecy at NIPC -- Yewande Sadiku". 2021-09-06. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
10. ^ "Yewande Sadiku nommée à la tête de la banque d'investissement internationale de la Standard Bank" (in French). 2022-06-10. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
11. ^ Odunsi, Wale (2021-08-09). "EFCC grills Yewande Sadiku, Investment Promotion chief over fraud allegations". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
12. ^ "BREAKING: Nigerian Investment Council's Boss, Sadiku Arrested, Detained Over Fraud". Sahara Reporters. 2021-08-09. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
13. ^ "#FixPolitics condemns attacks on NIPC boss". Punch Newspapers. 2021-08-13. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
14. ^ "Alleged Corruption: NIPC management reacts to EFCC's probe of CEO". 2021-08-10. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
15. ^ Adesomoju, Ade. "ICPC clears ex-NIPC boss, Yewande Sadiku, of corruption, fraud allegations". Premium Times. The Premium Times, Nigeria. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
16. ^ Ikani, John (25 September 2021). "Transparency, Accountability And The Many Things We Love About Yewande Sadiku". The Heritage Times. The Heritage Times Media. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
17. ^ Ehuriah-Arisa, Georgina. "Breaking the Spirit of Public Service: Yewande Sadiku and Her Traducers". Proshare. Retrieved 6 February 2022.

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