NUBIFIE Shuts Heritage Bank’s Head Office In Lagos
The National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees (NUBIFIE) has shut down Heritage Bank’s head office in Lagos.
This move follows the bank management’s recent mass sacking of over 1000 personnel without following due process.
NUBIFIE vowed to continue picketing the bank’s premises until the management addressed the grievances of the sacked workers and ensured they received their rightful severance packages.
The aggrieved ex-staff members have barricaded the entrance gate, preventing access to and from the bank’s head office at Victoria Island, Lagos.
The management of the bank under the leadership of Mr Akinola George-Taylor, had forcefully terminated the employment of over 70 senior staff members within one year of his tenure.
Additionally, numerous other employees were allegedly coerced into resigning, exacerbating the bank’s internal crisis. Most concerning was the lack of payment for accrued entitlements and allowances owed to the affected staff.
