Omu-Aran: First Bank re-opens after 3 years of closure

Date: 2017-01-11

The Omu-Aran branch of First Bank Plc, closed in May 2013 due to armed robbery attack, has been re-opened, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

NAN recalled that in Nov. 12, 2016 during the 2016 Annual Omu-Aran Festival of clubs, Mr Festus Egbodofo, Business Development Manager of First Bank in Kwara, announced that skeletal services would soon commence in Omu-Aran branch of the bank.

In his goodwill message at the occasion, Egbodofo commended the people of Omu-Aran for their commitment to ensure adequate protection of lives and properties in the town.

Investigation conducted by NAN correspondent indicated that the management of First Bank had in the last two weeks being renovating the bank's building in Omu-Aran in readiness for banking operations.

NAN correspondent, who visited the bank premises on Aperan Way on Tuesday, reports that skeletal services had indeed commenced at the bank.

Several customers were seen carrying out transactions.

A top official of the bank, who preferred anonymity, confirmed the development.

He said that the bank would operate skeletal services from 10 a.m till 12 noon for the time being until restoration of normal services

"As you can see, we have started attending to customers, especially regarding re-activating of old accounts and opening of new ones," the source said.

In his reaction to the development, the Olomu of Omu-Aran, Oba Charles Ibitoye, lauded the management of the bank for being sensitive to the plight of their customers since the indefinite closure.

"We are most grateful for the honour done to us by the management of First Bank by fulfilling the promise of re-opening the branch made during the last Omu-Aran Festival of Clubs.

Also speaking, Chief Suleiman Atolagbe-Labiaka, an iron rod merchant, thanked the Olomu-in-Council and members of Omu-Aran Development Association (ODA) for ensuring the re-opening of the bank's branch.

He said that the indefinite closure of the bank had impacted negatively on the socio-economic development of the community.

In his reaction, Chief Bisi Adeyemi, President, ODA, pledged that the association would support the management and staff to ensure uninterrupted services at the bank.NAN

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Simon Sayomi     Ajikobi     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Bisi Oyeleke     KWASSIP     Kwha.gov.ng     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     Emir Of Shonga     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Smart School     Ike Ekweremadu     Kayode Bankole     TETFUND     Adeola Abraham     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Lanre Aremu     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Tunde Saad     IPSAS     Jebba     Babajide Ajayi     Alapansapa     Habeeb Saidu     Jimba Babatunde     Okala Baba     Salman Alada     Muhammed Danjuma     Tosho Yaqub     RTEAN     Adaramaja     Tuesday Assayomo     Oba Abu     Kwara Metro Park     Kassim Babamale     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Valsolar Consortium     Rotimi Atere     Vasolar Consultoria     Arinola Lawal     Oke-opin     Ebola     Kisra     Olaiya Lawal     Okasanmi Ajayi     Third Estate     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Suleiman Mora Omar     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Bello Bature     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Shuaib Olarongbe     Lateef Alagbonsi     MAI Akande     Sherif Sagaya     Olushola Saraki     Just Law Forum     Okiki     Millennium Development Goals     Zulu Gambari     Abdulwahab Ololele     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Budo-Egba     Gani Saadu     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     Kwara Apc     Okin Malt     Aso-ofi     Ahmad Belgore     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Mohammed Ghali Alaaya    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Jide Ashonibare     MalHub     Olabimpe Olani     Folajimi Aleshinloye     John Kehinde Salako     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Olatinwo     Olatunji Ibrahim     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Isau     Bukola Saraki     Shagari     Mamatu Abdullahi     Sam Okaula     Nurudeen Mohammed     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Sanusi Abubakar     Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Gwanara     Dunmade     Balogun Fulani     Olabode Towoju     Bashirat Bola Bello     Afonja     Elections     Modibo Kawu     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Babaloja-General     Tunde Oyawoye     Olupako     Gamji Members Association     Razaq Atunwa     Javed Khan     Tunde Kazeem     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Erubu     Ibrahim Gambari     John Obuh     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Rashidi Yekini     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Asa LGEA School     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Ethical College     Labour Party     General Hospital, Offa     Al-Hikmah University     Aminu Adisa Logun     Dan-Kazeem     Olatunde Michaels     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Okanlawon Musa     KwaraLearn     Boko Haram     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     IQRA College     Admiralty Villa     ARMTI     GANZY     Kumbi Titilope     ENetSuD     Labaeka     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     NSCIA     Aso Ofi     Aliyu Umar     Ajase-Ipo     Alaaya