After a Long Hiatus … Arunma Oteh Makes Strong Comeback

Excellence is like a divine flame that cannot be hidden for too long. When this characteristic is kept inside for too long, chances are that the heart containing it would burst apart, leaving nothing but regrets in its place. Knowing this, Arunma Oteh has decided to give the limelight another chance, once again attempting to shine radiance on the Nigerian economy.

Oteh, the former Director General of Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is most likely to flip the seemingly declining luck of the Nigerian economy on its head.

According to the latest reports from Abia State, the Governor-elect, Alex Otti, has selected several individuals to take charge of the May 29 transition in his state. Oteh is one of these people. Otti’s decision to include her in the transition council has reminded others of her great accomplishments before she seemingly decided on a hiatus.

Of course, those familiar with her know that Oteh did not completely disappear from the thick of things in Nigeria after completing her work at SEC in 2015. She joined the World Bank in the same year as the Treasurer and then Vice President, and remained there until 2018. In 2022, she joined the Board of Directors of FSD Africa, another renowned institution with interests in financial markets. All this time, Oteh had remained a silent contributor to the country’s prestige.

But things are back to how they were. Recently, she participated in the Youth Entrepreneurship Programme organised by Seplat in conjunction with Conversation for Change (C4C). There, she supplied the kind of counsel that overturns fortune and brings much development to a willing nation.

Oteh is back from her hiatus. Her peers can only stand in line to be outshone by her.