WATCH THE VIDEO HERE A veteran bank and founder of the defunct Diamond Bank Plc, Mr Pascal Gabriel Dozie, has died at the age of 85. The former chairman of MTN Nigeria, a leading telecommunications firm, died in the early hours of Tuesday, April 8, 2025, just a day to his 86th birthday. The Nigerian entrepreneur and businessman chairman of Pan-Atlantic University established Diamond Bank in 1990. The company later became one of Nigeria’s most respected financial institutions. The current Governor of Abia State, Mr Alex Otti, once headed the lender before handing over to the founder’s son, Mr Uzoma Dozie, when he veered into politics. Diamond Bank merged with Access Bank in 2019. Mr Pascal Dozie, who was once the President of the Nigerian Exchange Limited, then known as the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), was born on April 9, 1939, in Egbu, Owerri, Imo State, and began his career as an economist at the National Economic Development Office in the United Kingdom.
Defunct Diamond Bank Founder Pascal Dozie Dies Day to 86th Birthday
