Shareholders of the Uzoma Dozie led Diamond Bank Plc have expressed dissatisfaction over the company’s drop in profit after tax for the period ended June 30, 2018.

During the period, the lender's profit after tax went down by N6.2 billion or 77.6 percent to N1.8 billion from N8 billion, while the profit before tax declined by 69.3 percent from N9.5 billion to N2.9 billion.

However, the gross earnings grew by 0.62 percent to N98.5 billion in H1 2018 from N97.9 billion in H1 2017.

In the analysis of the financial results, the bank, which posted a disappointing full year 2017 results, said its interest and similar went down to N75 billion from N76.5 billion, while the interest and similar expenses shot up to N28.5 billion from N22.5 billion.

In the period under review, the net interest income dropped by 14 percent to N46.5 billion from N54.1 billion, while the impairment charge for credit losses closed at N18.4 billion as at June 30, 2018 against N18.9 billion as at June 30, 2017.

Also, the net interest income after impairment charge for credit losses stood at N28.1 billion versus N35.1 billion, with the fee and commission income at N19.2 billion in contrast to N19.2 billion.

In addition, the fee and commission expense was N4.5 billion against N3.5 billion, while the net fee and commission income stayed at N14.8 billion versus N15.7 billion.

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