Godwin Ehigiamusoe

Godwin Eseiwi Ehigiamusoe is a Nigerian entrepreneur and microfinance practitioner. He is the founder of LAPO Microfinance Bank.

Education and career

Ehigiamusoe completed his bachelor's degree in sociology and a master's degree in Sociology of Development from the University of Benin. He later obtained a PhD in Policy and Development Studies from Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma.
In 1987, in response to the social dislocations of Nigeria's Structural Adjustment Programme, Ehigiamusoe founded LAPO as a non-profit focused on poverty alleviation through microcredit and allied social programmes. After LAPO's lending arm evolved into a regulated microfinance institution in 2010, Ehigiamusoe was became the bank's founding MD/CEO till 2020. In March 2025, he became board chairman, succeeding Osaretin Demuren.