One of Nigeria’s financial institutions, Ecobank has bitten more than it can chew with the acquisition of Oceanic bank formerly owned by Mrs Cecilia Ibru.
The bank is presently swimming in crisis with
the sack of over 4000 staffers who are majorly that of Oceanic bank. Ecobank laid
off the staffers on Friday, February 17, 2012..
Those who should know alleged
that the management of Ecobank pays its original staffers handsomely and gives
those it inherited from Oceanic bank less than half as salary. It was gathered
that the sack of staffers on Friday, made staffers of Oceanic bank to protest
both at its head office and that of Ecobank at Victoria
Island.
Impeccable sources divulged that
since the Human Resources Officer of Oceanic bank was sacked last year and Mrs.
Ronke Wilson, Group Chief Human Resources Officer took charge, it's been
another ball game as she is busy cleaning the bank of whoever is not in her
good book, not minding the efficiency or years of service of the person. It was
gathered that the elderly woman was mobbed by the irate staffs when protesting
their sack on Friday.
An insider of the bank who
preferred anonymity claimed that while the staffers of Oceanic bank are
suffering, those of Ecobank are smiling. The source told First Weekly Magazine
that while staffers of Oceanic bank were called in and handed their sack
letters this morning, Ecobank staffers were being promoted to higher levels
with more juicy offers in terms of salary and bonuses.
'I don't know why they acquired
the bank, because the management has been punishing the staffs of Oceanic bank.
First it was 1500 staffs, now it 4000 and they gave the remaining ones the
options of resigning or settle for 50% cut in their salaries and allowances.
While they are going through all these, we are being given salary increment
with promotions,' our source who is one of the original staffers of Ecobank
lamented.
1 comments:
Wht is dis country turning to. Sanusi lamido shld thnk of ds in d first place, even dose dt ve d job nvr belle full. God help us.
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