‘Why Staffers Distrupted Our Operations’ – Enterprise Bank Management

Sola Longe-Okenimkpe, Head, Corporate Communications of Enterprise Bank provides an insight into reasons aggrieved staffers paralysed operations at the Ahmadu Bello way, Victoria Island Lagos Head office of Enterprise Bank on Friday, October 5 2012 in this statements sent to societynowng.com

Staff of First Spring Franchise Services, a human resource service provider of
Enterprise Bank Limited reneged on an agreement brokered by the bank with their organisation to disrupt operations at the bank’s Head Office at the weekend.

Following a long negotiation involving representatives of national officers of Nigeria Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Ahmed Kuru, MD/CEO Enterprise Bank

Institutions Employees (NUBIFIE) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the bank and the FSFS representatives, agreements were reached as to matters of dispute, which the workers later decided to renege on.

It became a surprise to management of the bank that the FSFS staff will recant and resort to picketing the financial institution, disallowing staff and customers access to the offices and banking halls respectively, while carrying placards with denigrating remarks.

Appeals to the picketing staff by the management of the bank for more time to look at the issues have fallen on deaf ears as they have continued with the illegality which began without due notice of the required minimum of seven days.

Following the intervention of The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) in the now defunct Spring Bank in August last year, the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) took over the bank and recapitalized it to start a new bank,
Enterprise Bank Limited, which has stabilized its operations over the period, and has shown positive indices in all areas of operation.