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Femeto:
Shey dem dey mad ni? They would lose customers for this. You cant be closing your branches in strategic places.

Fintech has frankly rendered a lot of physical branches substantively irrelevant...
Nonetheless, I suspect these are places where there are Access and Diamond branches located close to each other.
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Ayekotoo:
This is the result, when a small bank acquired a bigger and one of the most capitalized banks in Africa due to Devilish Sanusi 's policy. Intercontinental bank comes to the picture.

odogwubiafra:
INTERCONTINENTAL BANK, my HAPPY CUSTOMER, HAPPY BANK. I LOVED THAT BANK.
Out of desperation and wickedness of human hart, Sanusii and Saraki conived and killed that bank. See Sanusi and Saraki's life years after. Karma is a Northerner l swear.

Intercontinental was the physical manifestation of a Ponzi scheme...smh
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GamalNasser:
Hmmm just yesterday I was saying to a friend that I suspect they will close a diamond bank in my estate and I was right , looks they are closing diamond bank branches in areas where they already had Access branches , Methinks Herbert Wigwe is just using COVID crunch as an excuse to ditch Diamond bank staff he inherited in the acquisition

Exactly! It’s the old saying “Never waste a good crisis...”
The emergence of Fintech has rendered a lot of physical banking irrelevant.
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globemoney:
But you clowns said Peter Obi built schools everywhere, why should Obiano build more? Clown

Apparently some folks are unable to qualify for those ones...
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Venerable612:
The above is misleading and uncalled for.

75% of workers will be relieved, per Wigwes video. Does it really matter if they are actual or contract staff?

75% is more than some. That’s a majority.
Plus I have a friend that works in their foreign exchange dept who is a contract staff. They are not all cleaners and security men.

Exactly what I mean is that the topic is not misleading and this potential sack calls for worry for lots of families.

Of course, the HEADLINE is misleading (and frankly erroneous)...
Not quite sure what you mean by “the topic” but I specified the HEADLINE.

The factual reality is that NONE (as in ZERO) of those third-party staff are Access Bank employees...
If my landlord lays off staff because many of the tenants cannot pay rent, it’s NOT referred to as the tenants laying off staff.

Furthermore, even though Access Bank may no longer want/need these third-party staff...
It does not mean that their employers necessarily have to dismiss them or that someone else may not require their services.

Nonetheless, while you were busy MAJORING in the MINOR...
I actually noted in the final analysis that, regardless, the affected are due for an uncertain future and wished them all GOOD LUCK.
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goshen26:
Wow..... From UI

They get trained here and flee Nigeria because of bad governance.

I am privileged to work in a health sector of the state, and I know how Doctors complain bitterly about the ill treatment Nigeria system is giving them, most of them usually tell me how they intend leaving the country should any slight opportunity surface.

Even nurses are not left behind, they recount number of friends that have left to UK, and are enjoying the profession there

It’s much HARDER work abroad (and require much better bedside manners and client service), but much better PAY...
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goshen26:
Wow..... From UI

They get trained here and flee Nigeria because of bad governance.

I am privileged to work in a health sector of the state, and I know how Doctors complain bitterly about the ill treatment Nigeria system is giving them, most of them usually tell me how they intend leaving the country should any slight opportunity surface.

Even nurses are not left behind, they recount number of friends that have left to UK, and are enjoying the profession there

People are taking exams to emigrate abroad while still in Nigerian medical schools...

People emigrate for 3 principal reasons: (1) MONEY, MONEY, MONEY; (2) better professional training, facilities and work environment; and (3) good education and environment for the kids and family. Reality is Nigeria is simply unable be able to match the US, UK or Canada (the favorite destinations) in these areas. Even doctors from the UK, Canada and Australia emigrate to the US for some of the same reasons.

On the other hand, there are some doctors who are bringing their foreign experience and expertise back to Nigeria (especially those at that stage of life that their kids have left the home) to invest/work in the PRIVATE sector, because in a badly-underserved healthcare system such as Nigeria’s there will always be massive financial opportunities for those willing to take the risk to plug some of the yawning gaps!
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jasmine1600:
Nigerians don’t even know the present harsh economic situation they are in.
Expect other institutions to follow suite.
We presently have a government tht have ran out of propaganda, tht don’t even kn how to face the problem squarely.

Not just Nigerians, I’m afraid...
The ENTIRE WORLD is due some pain, some more than others though.
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Jalinspy:
Those who knows how the economy works will surely anticipate this. This is partly a reason sensible countries are paying their citizens some monies to ease the effect of this pandemic, but in naija its the highest thief gets it all. Nonsense country

I’m afraid that Nigeria doesn’t have money to share among its citizens, because Nigeria is actually a POOR country (as much as people do not want to face reality and our rulers behave otherwise). In many of those countries, laid-off workers are only getting benefits from unemployment INSURANCE (which means they made payments from their wages), and in other countries most citizens actually pay their full taxes as and when due, giving the government more revenue to build and sustain a social safety net. Here, everyone is looking share money but no one contributes.
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THE HEADLINE IS A TAD MISLEADING....

Access Bank outsources most of its NON-BANK functions (such as security, cleaners, etc.). Those people are not employed directly by the bank itself, but rather by third-party subcontractors. It is these services that Access Bank intends to rationalize, which would end up presumably disengaging about 75% of such contracted persons. Doubtful that more than a small percentage of actual Access Bank core staff will be disengaged (albeit there are probably several areas of duplication post-merger with Diamond Bank that might be trimmed during this crisis).

Either way, some people are due for pain and an uncertain near-future...
Perhaps all those generous Access Bank Covid donations should have been reserved for these folks. Good luck to all.
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I used to smirk at the kerosene-sharing Abia government....
But I must confess that this sounds IMPRESSIVE. Keep it up!
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Luckydubby7:
https://www.thecable.ng/femi-adesina-the-person-who-leaked-buharis-draft-speech-has-been-caught/amp

In other words, Aisha Buhari has been bursted...
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sweetsell:
Says a jerk that can not comprehend the need for quality infrastructures just because we can not maintain them. Anyway am glad you have been thoroughly schooled along with the gullible clowns celebrating your foolery.

The more childish your insults get...
The more you seem to lose grip on reality.

If only Obiano had built actual schools to “school” his fanatics.
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SIRTee15:
Stop playing the racist card....it makes u look incompetent......

And pls this is not about trump....
If Americans are happy to swallow hypobleach based on Trump's instruction....
That's their headache....they will decide in November....
The rest of us didn't entrust trump with our health....
That responsibility falls on WHO n they failed woefully....

There's a reason why international organisation makes every effort to remain apolitical....
Being political n taking sides destroys trust....
WHO under this current leadership wouldn't have anything to do with taiwan....
U can't even mention the name during interview....
Yet the goof-head started ranting about taiwan n shouting racism when he was called out for his incompetence....

Pls don't be like Tedros or u end up like him....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxPTFUH3kOU

Calling him Dr. Tedros “a quota system product” is straight-up racist bigotry...
Quit defending crass and crude bigotry - it only makes you look like a mentally-subservient self-hater!

For seemingly the zillionth time, WHO issued an alert on Covid in December LAST YEAR!
Some took it seriously and took aggressive measures, others played golf and dreamt dreamt of drinking bleach.

While not interested in the Right-Wing’s never-ending Cold War anti-“Communist” China BS...
The ENTIRE United Nations system has a One China policy and do not recognize Taiwan as an independent state.

Funny how Dr. Tedros was supposedly defending China’s actions...
When Dotard Trump publicly praised President Xi and China for its “transparency” and actions on Covid.

You may conveniently want to exclude Trump from this discourse...
But only the dishonest would pretend that it’s not his trying to shift blame from his incompetence that’s brought us here.

Please don’t be like the typical Trumpist...
Or you might end up being tempted to ingest bleach while shining a UV light up the keister! SMH
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4gunners:
Don't play that 'Africa card'. The truth is, WHO in connivance with China refused to warn the world early enough. You claim it can't be transmitted from H2H for more than 2 months. Is that plausible?

If you want to see the “Africa card”...
You need look no further than the right-wing blogs where the sentiment behind petition originated from.

WHO proffers advice on the best-available scientific information...
Which is unlike those who think we should inject bleach and proclaim that Covid would disappear in two weeks.

For the umpteenth time, WHO issued a WORLDWIDE PUBLIC ALERT on Covid last December...
Some countries promptly acted upon it, while others played golf and doubted every scientific evidence out there.
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sweetsell:
Try harder, this is one na foolish comment. We are talking in respective to performance in governance btw the thief Peter Obi n the silent achiever Willie Obiano.

If you still don’t get it...
I am afraid you never will. SMH
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sweetsell:
Additional bridges you claim should not have been built because we can not maintain it constructed by Willy Obiano to shame your failed soul. I wonder what Anambra will look like without this edifice today. My brother, you cannot be comparing a colossal failure and outright thief compared to the likes of Atiku Tinubu in Peter Obi to a Godsent Willie Obiano.

Don’t forget to include pics of the FOREIGNERS constructing the bridge...
Being followed about by Anambraians who will fail to maintain them when they leave.
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sweetsell:
In reference to what Anambra citizen are saying about Peter Obi. Arguing Peter Obi vs Willie Obiano with me will only get you sacked from those who employed you to polish the image of this fraudster

We are referring to YOUR fellow Anambraians/Southeasterners right here on Nairaland...
Not UNKNOWN “brown envelope” journalists or “rent-a-crowd” petitioners looking for transport money.
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sweetsell:
This clown is indeed masturbating on his soul big time. Where did you make concession that building critical infrastructure which quality bridge is a part is not a measure of good governance ?

Obiano no be Peter Obi mate. Peter Obi is a thief that Anambra indigen are waiting to having his head while Obiano is the only elected governor that won all the local government area. Clowns like you can gather say whatever pleases you the electorate will be the judge of performance not the rubbish u have to say.

Now to more fact to bury the thief you idolize pls view quality of bridges built by Obiano here. Attached pix 1st n 2nd oil rig bridge


We are waiting for you and your goons to provide us with the photos of bridge Peter Obi constructed so we can compare.

Still will not join you in the putrid gutter of JUVENILE personnel insults...
But the highlighted best illustrates that your comprehension deficit may be worse than initially suspected.
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studentofTruth:
My clients come to me because they like my services — not because of any quota system politics.

I personally don't engage in personal attacks, so don't expect me to attack your person! At this point, I will simply ignore you!

And he was elected by WHO member states because they like his record - and not because of quota system politics...

I don’t engage in personal attacks either (even though the comments of this “poor-minded” African is alleged to be “paid” for), but I do not consider calling out dog-whistle racism and crude primitive bigotry to be a personal attack. After all, TRUTH is a completely defense to slander.

Meanwhile, rest assured that whenever you voluntarily address a PUBLIC or put your views in the PUBLIC space...
The PUBLIC that you address or voluntarily share your (bigoted) views with has the UNFETTERED right to comment or respond. Do better! SMH
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studentofTruth:
Apparently, I don't work for anybody. I run my own business. If you're paid to defend him, you're really doing a terrible job by leaving facts and going racial!

Between 2016 to 2020, the world has been in relative peace, so there's nothing to judge him with. The Corona outbreak that became a pandemic under him hugely due to his poor decisions exposed his incompetence badly.

If you’re paid to slander him...
You’re really doing a terrible job by leaving facts and resorting to racist bigotry.

There were MERS outbreak in the Middle East and Asia in both 2016 and 2017...
He also had to deal with the spillover from 2915 of the Zika outbreak in Central America.
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studentofTruth:
Apparently, I don't work for anybody. I run my own business. If you're paid to defend him, you're really doing a terrible job by leaving facts and going racial!

You work for your clients...
That you don’t even understand such basics is a sad self-indictment.

Perhaps you were simply an educational “quota system product”. SMH
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Bahdsypha:
How are they pro-china?
because the man that said we should drink disinfectants said so

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bakescos01:
Yeah , he is a total failure. I guess this are part of the reasons the Westerners don’t like putting an African man to head a World agency . They can be easily bought.

Exactly! Just like Nobel Laureate Kofi Annan...smh
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Urchman200:
so to you ,Americans and the rest of the world are petition HAWKERS ? Trump has been very active ever since the whole problems started.

Yes, he’s been “active” suggesting that folks ingest bleach and disinfectants...
Been “active” saying that Covid was a hoax, would disappear in a couple of weeks, and the US would be open by Easter.

Being “active” doesn’t mean jumping in front of TV cameras and spew rubbish...
But actually actively DOING the things that is required to effectively curtail the spread and morbidity of the Covid virus.
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bakescos01:
Yeah , he is a total failure. I guess this are part of the reasons the Westerners don’t like putting an African man to head a World agency . They can be easily bought.

studentofTruth:
To poor-minded Africans, everything is about racism. Even with over 200,000 avoidable deaths, you still think racism — God help your case!

No matter how you look at it, the WHO failed, and they're being led by someone. If WHO had advised compulsorily enforced quarantine (not their newly invented sexy words that're never in epidemiology lexicon, "self-quarantine and self-isolate) for anybody with travel history to China and other places with the disease, the world wouldn't be where it is today!

That quota system product failed himself, his country, Africa, and the world!

If it quacks like a duck, and walks like a duck...
Perhaps YOU are the “quota system product” at your job, but the WHO DG is not!

You apparently cannot help the racist bigotry that you have swallowed hook-line-and-sinker from your largely bigoted Right-Wing trolls (in the classic ”repeat after me” cram-and-regurgitate methodology that your colonial masters bequeathed upon you in the name of ‘education’), but the present WHO DG was elected by the entire member states from among several other candidates (including at least 3 Europeans), and there’s been absolutely NO suggestion (and of course absolutely NO evidence) that he was anything but eminently qualified. Furthermore, since his election in 2016 (almost 4 years ago), not a single person, organization nor country has even so much as ventured that he was doing anything but a competent (if not even outstanding) job - until the Dotard in the White House and his largely-bigoted Right-Wing Numpties.

Anyway, it’s one thing for bleach-guzzling right-wingers to spew their usual disgusting drivel...
But (to be brutally-honest) rather sad to see supposedly-educated Africans simply cramming-and-regurgitating same GARBAGE!
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TheGoodJoe:
Stop making this thing about Trump. This is about the incompetence of the DG. As you are stating, other countries took aggressive steps, ignoring the downplay of the DG. Yet you are trying to exonerate his incompetence.

I can walk and chew gum at the same time...

Since “blame starts from the head”, let’s extend it to ALL responsible heads...
After all, Covid-19 victims are dying in INDIVIDUAL NATIONS and not at the WHO Plaza.

Then again, we can simply skip the sophistry...
And focus instead on the SUBSTANTIVE MOTIVATION behind the petition. SMH
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Urchman200:
u and I knows that it was already a pandemic before Dr TEDEROS declared it's to the world, I think that is where the problem started from? Thier is something fishy about his relationship with China, let try to understand that, China is toying with rest of the world, an organisation trusted by the whole world is hobnobbing with a country that the world is seeing to be complicit in this whole saga. I think those calling for his sack is right, I joined by calling for his prosecution,this has really caused the universe a lot,humanity is on trial seriously.

The sophistry of semantics...
‘Pandemic’ is a specific term and WHO declared a pandemic when available data necessitated it.

Meanwhile, WHO issued a PUBLIC ALERT of Covid-19 in December LAST YEAR...
Several nations immediately took action (S.Korea, Singapore, etc.), while the Petition-Hawkers and Blame-Birds snoozed.
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TheGoodJoe:
That is up to you but it does not absolve this man off the harm he caused the World.

The man did no harm to the world...
WHO warned the ENTIRE WORLD of Covid last December.

At that time, there was ZERO recorded case and ZERO deaths outside of China...
Several countries (S.Korea, Singapore, etc.) took aggressive steps while the likes of Trump and Boris pooh-poohed it.

WHO acts on the best-available scientific information...
Others believe that if we just inject folks with bleach and disinfectant, we will rid the world of Covid-19! SMH
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TheGoodJoe:
The blame starts from the head. You can apportion blames but do not try to exonerate the incompetent DG.

And when they start petitioning for the removal of the entire executive board, we will take them seriously...
The proverbial rot may begin from the head but if the entire fish is rotten, chopping off the head is political scapegoating BS!

Btw, when will the same “blame starts from the head” be applied to Trump? November perhaps?!
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DIVINE78:
The leadership of the WHO is corrupt and a puppet in the hand of China.
Here is Taiwan's warning to the WHO since last year December but they ignored it.
Only to come up with a report via their tweeter handle in April that the virus isn't transmitable human to human.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11395934/taiwan-coronavirus-warning-who-human-transmission-china/

Tragicomedy...
Would be funny if the circumstances weren’t so tragic

Rupert Mudorch’s Sun UK newspaper...
You might as call in FOX News! Right-wing GARBAGE!
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TheGoodJoe:
Leave Trump out of this. A lot of people complained about this long before Trump.

The man is so incompetent and led a lot of people to their early graves.

For the umpteenth time...
WHO is not a one-man organization.

The EXECUTIVE (not advisory) Board of WHO is headed by a Japanese dude...
And also includes a US member, when will their own so-called “incompetence” be punished?!
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