Contract employees of Ecobank affected by a massive layoff early this month, yesterday at a press conference in Abuja requested the bank authorities to pay them severance allowances according to their ‘contract agreement.’ As many as 1,500 employees were said to have been dismissed from work nationwide abruptly, a leader of the affected staff, Mr […]
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Dismissed workers: We gave Ecobank our youthful years but got cheated in return
“We suffered for that bank. Sometimes, we worked during weekends. My husband would complain and I would say, ‘I have to go, we don’t have another job’. Sometimes, I got back home by 10pm. We used our money to buy envelopes for customers. I spent all my youthful age with you. I am not saying […]
Ecobank Nigeria Academy Trains 332 Graduates
In a recent press release, Ecobank Nigeria announced that 332 Graduates are currently undergoing intensive Training at the bank’s Academy in preparation for full employment into Ecobank Nigeria. The programme, according to the bank, combines three categories of Entry Level, Graduate and Management Trainees with a program duration of 2 months, 12 months and 21 […]
332 graduates undergo training at Ecobank Academy
Patrick Akinwuntan Ecobank Nigeria Academy is currently training 332 graduates in preparation for full employment into Ecobank Nigeria. The programme combines the three categories of Entry Level, Graduate and Management Trainees with a program duration of 2 months, 12 months and 21 months respectively. Ecobank’s Development Programmes are part of the Bank’s talent development strategy […]
Ecobank Nigeria, NIRSAL announce N70bn agriculture financing cheme
Ecobank Nigeria has entered into a strategic partnership with Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) with a N15 billion agricultural investment scheme being the first tranche in agricultural value chain financing. Patrick Akinwuntan, Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria limited in a warm handshake with Aliyu Abdulhameed, Managing Director/CEO, Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing System for Agricultural […]
Ghana: Ecobank, Partners Support Medical Students to Study Abroad
Ecobank Ghana in collaboration partnership with its partners Old Mutual insurance Woodin and Emirates Airline have provided sponsorship for 16 Medical Students to undertake Student Exchange Programme abroad to build their capacity and contribute to healthcare delivery in the country. The gesture, which formed part of the Corporate Social Responsibility of the sponsoring institutions, is […]
Sierra Leone: CHRDI Laments Human Right Abuses in the Financial Sector
The Campaign for Human Rights and Development International (CHRDI) has lamented that several Sierra Leonean citizens, who work in the financial sector, especially commercial banks continue to face serious human rights abuses. In a report following an investigation conducted recently, the organization said they recorded a high number of the alleged abuses, which can qualify […]
Nigeria: CBN’s New Lending Policy Puts 7 Banks Under Pressure
A total of seven leading deposit money banks, DMBs, may now be under pressure to beef up their loan portfolio following a recent directive by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, which requires banks to give out 60 percent of their deposits as loans to the real sector. The banks include, Guaranty Trust Bank, GTB […]
Cocoa supply chain summit held to push ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ agenda
PanAvest International, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Ecobank and other key partners, have dialogued on cocoa’s critical role as a key commodity for the progress of the Ghana Beyond Aid agenda. The dialogue took place at a historic summit held at Ecobank Head Office in Accra on June 8. Industry players, private and […]
Traffic lights still off after June timeline
Some broken lights hanging loosely at the Madina Zongo Junction in Accra Many traffic lights in Accra are still malfunctioning, in spite of plans made earlier to fix all malfunctioning lights by the end of last month. At the more than 20 road intersections the Daily Graphic surveyed in Accra, there were different forms of […]