BY NKECHI NAECHE–-Nigeria’s tier one lender, Access Bank Plc said its post-tax profit for the first quarter (Q1) period ended March 31, 2019 rose from N22.11 billion recorded in same period of 2018 to N41.14 billion in 2019; representing an increase of 86.1 percent.
This is contained in a noticed to the Nigerian Stock Exchange gross earnings of the bank also increased by 16.4 percent to stand at N160.12 billion in the review period of 2019 as against N137.53 billion in 2018
The bank’s pretax profit was not left out as it apprecistec by 64.4 percent to N45.01 billion from N27.43 announced in 2018.
