Consequently, all members should today immediately stay away from work in any state where bank branches are attacked. This is to continue every doy until normalcy is restored
By Fadlillah Abdallah
Following series of attacks on deposit banks in some states of the federation, the Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions (ASSBIFI) has ordered its members to stay at home and avoid being harmed by hoodlums.
The order is contained in a circular no. ANS/1IR/JAOP/5018 issued to all unit presidents and secretaries by the National President, Olusoji Oluwole on Friday.
According to Oluwole, the stay-at-home order became imperative in view of the attacks on lives and properties of workers of bank branches.
“The National Secretariat has been inundated with reports of threats and attacks on lives and properties of members and bank branches, and subsequently has been on the field to monitor and confirm the reports.
“We issued warnings and appeals to government to provide security measure for the safety of lives and properties of our members within and around the bank premises, but regrettably the attacks have continued without any form of security for the safety of our members, and the recent being the attack today, Friday 17h February 2023 on one bank branch at Epe, Lagos State.
“We cannot leave the lives and properties of our Members exposed to obvious danger.
“Consequently, all members should today immediately stay away from work in any state where bank branches are attacked. This is to continue every doy until normalcy is restored.
“Please Note, you will be availed further directives as events develop,” the statement reads.
