Shareholders of Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (GTCO) has commended the management for the highest dividend payout of N12.76 in the Nigerian’s banking sector for 2025 financial year.
The shareholders at the GTCO’s 5th Annual General Meeting (AGM) also lauded the Group’s impressive 2025 financial year performance and also for meeting the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s N500 billion new minimum capital requirement.
Speaking at the AGM, the President of the Nigerian Shareholders’ Solidarity Association, Chief Timothy Adesiyan, expressed excitement for the management dividend payout for 2025 financial year, stressing that the board has demonstrated discipline to sustain its dividend payout to shareholders.
Another shareholder, the Chairman, Pragmatic Shareholders Association of Nigeria (PSAN), Mrs. Bisi Bakare, lauded the management for paying shareholder N12.76 total dividend payout in 2025, She noted that GTCO makes history as the first Nigerian bank to reward shareholders with N12.76 dividend payout, urging the management to maintain such a gesture.
The management of GTCO had declared an interim dividend of N1.00 per share for half year ended June 2025 and final dividend of N11.76 in the 2025 financial year performance, bringing its total dividend to N12.76 for 2025 financial year.
Responding to shareholders’, the Board Chairman of GTCO, Suleiman Barau, said over time, the Group has evolved from a single-line banking institution into a broader financial services ecosystem encompassing banking, payments, funds management, and pension administration.
The Group Chief Executive Officer, GTCO, Segun Agbaje, stated that 2025 financial year was a year of deepening this integration. “Across our Banking, Payments, Asset Management, and Pension businesses, we leveraged data, digital tools, and operational insight to create frictionless experiences for our customers across Africa and the United Kingdom.
