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uniBank has confirmed to Citi News<\/strong> that it has gone into a transaction with four major shareholders of Agricultural Development Bank (adb) that has effectively given majority control of the state bank.<\/p>\n

It says the move follows the pledging of shares and voting rights of the consortium of shareholders in adb Bank.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”kEcvqHdjzO9ybtvh1q1RjMHLCDRGbrU3″]Belstar Capital, Starmount Development company, EDC as well as SIC Financial Services Limited, have all pledged their shares, proceeds, entitlement and voting rights to Unibank.<\/p>\n

It is still unclear what informed the decision of the shareholders.<\/p>\n

But speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong> on Wednesday, the CEO of Unibank, Dr. Kwabena Duffour Jr. said the plan is in the best interest of the banking industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor now, we have the power and control to change it from adb. Down the line we might decide to do a proper transfer where we will need the approval of the various regulatory bodies but for now we have the power and control over it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Dr. Duffour Jr however failed to give further details on how they managed to secure the deal in adb saying \u201cI\u2019m not at liberty to discuss the underlining transaction.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although the state of affairs now does not constitute a takeover of adb by uniBank, this comes on the back of the takeover of UT and Capital banks by GCB bank in 2017.<\/p>\n

The Bank of Ghana gave GCB bank the permission to purchase the two banks because they were unable to increase the capital requirements needed for their banking operations.<\/p>\n

With the latest development, it is unclear what happens to government\u2019s intention of merging\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>state banks adb and the National Investment Bank (NIB), as announced by the Finance Minister in the 2018 budget statement presented to Parliament.<\/p>\n

adb IPO row<\/strong><\/p>\n

The adb bank commenced its Initial Public Offer (IPO) in July 3, 2015.<\/p>\n

Prior to that the bank was forced to put the IPO on hold several times following some agitations from the workers and some Ghanaians.<\/p>\n

The Member of Parliament for the New Juaben South constituency, Dr. Mark Assibey-Yeboah also dragged the bank to the Supreme Court insisting that the Bank\u2019s IPO should first be approved by parliament.<\/p>\n

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\nBy: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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