Idris Abubakar

Regional Business Manager, Public Sector(north-west) at Remita

Idris Abubakar is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in business management and operations, currently serving as the Regional Business Manager for the public sector in the North-West at Remita since February 2025. Prior to this role, Idris held positions including Aggregator Sales Manager at FairMoney Business and Head of Operations at Bloc, where responsibilities included managing large teams of agents and aggregators for banking operations. With a strong background in agent development and network expansion from previous roles at Xpress Payment Solutions Ltd. and First Bank of Nigeria Ltd., Idris has consistently demonstrated expertise in growing agent bases and enhancing transaction volumes. Early experience includes analytical and educational roles with Dangote Industries Limited and Madscience/Funscience World Limited. Idris holds a Higher National Diploma in Geological/Geophysical Engineering from Kaduna Polytechnic.

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Remita

Remita is a foundational player in the Nigerian payments and fintech ecosystem, processing a significant part of the country’s transaction volumes. We help individuals, organizations, and governments to receive and make payments easily. At Remita, we are characterized by innovation and provide a diverse range of exciting payment services, solutions, and infrastructure. We exist to simplify payments! Our firm belief in humanity is the main driving force behind our mission of empowering everyone, everywhere to do more. We offer equal work opportunities to all gender, race, ancestry, faith, citizens, club you support, and more. Our culture is centered around humanity, embracing growth, inspiring excellence, and encouraging leadership. Through this, we inspire life-changing innovations that impact lives all around us. We will continue to play a major role in defining the future of payments and are on the lookout for self-driven, out-of-the-box, and innovative individuals that want to be part of the journey. If you want to be part of a vibrant team that is transforming the face of payments in Nigeria, Africa, and the rest of the world, your journey begins here. Shoot us an email at careers@remita.net and our HR team will be more than happy to walk you into a dream role with us.


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