UBA, Access Holdings Approve 2025FY Results, Proposed Dividends
Kayode Tokede
The boards of United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) and Access Holdings Plc have approved their audited results and proposed dividend payments for the financial year ended 31 December 2025.
The two Pan-African financial institutions made the announcement through corporate disclosures filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX).
Access Holdings said its board of directors met on February 20, 2026, to consider and approve the Group’s Audited Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements for the 2025 financial year.
In a statement signed by its Company Secretary, Access Holdings, Mr. Sunday Ekwochi, the group confirmed that the board also approved a proposal for dividend payment, subject to regulatory clearance.
The company noted that both the release of the audited statements and the dividend payment remain subject to approval by the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Similarly, UBA disclosed that its board, at a meeting held on February 19, 2026, approved its Group Audited Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2025.
The Group Company Secretary/Legal Counsel, UBA, Bili Odum in a signed statement said the release of the result and accounts for 2025FY and payment of a final dividend is subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
“Further to the above, kindly be advised that Nigerian Exchange Limited and the investing public would be immediately notified upon approval of the Group Audited Consolidated & Separate Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2025 by the Central Bank of Nigeria,” the statement added.
Both banks assured investors that they would notify the market once the apex bank grants its clearance.
UBA had paid shareholders an interim dividend of N0.25 per share for half year (H1) ended June 30, 2025, translating into N10.3billion from N68.4billion in the half year ended June 30, 2024.
Access Holdings did not declare interim dividend payout for H1 2025, over CBN’s temporary suspension of dividend payments and foreign subsidiary investments by banks with forbearance loan exposures. The move was aimed at strengthening the resilience and stability of the Nigerian banking sector.
