“…These findings are also established in the bank‐specific cases of Access Bank, First Bank, Zenith Bank, United Bank for Africa, ECObank, First City Monument Bank, Union Bank, Citi Bank, and Unity Bank. These research outcomes are in tandem with the findings of Bon and Hartoko (2022), Ojeyinka and Akinlo (2021), Inyiama and Victoria (2014), and Girardone et al (2004), which report evidence of no causality between size and firm performance. Meanwhile, it stands incongruent with the research outcomes of studies such as Ayetigbo and Okunlola (2022), Akinyemi and Adaramola (2018), Olaniyi, Olayemi, et al (2017), Bolarinwa and Obembe (2017), and Akinlo (2012b), which establish a bidirectional causal link between firm size and profitability.…”