Unity
Bank Plc, yesterday sacked not less than 215 of its employees as part of its
reengineering strategy for greater performance. According to information
gathered from sources close to the bank, the workers were sacked for their
inability to cope with the new ideas and strategy of the institution.
The
bank is said to have made significant strides in its repositioning drive with
the attraction of specialist skills to its workforce since the relocation of
its head office from Abuja to Lagos in sync with its plan to grow market share
in viable clusters of the retail market. A source close to the bank said the
new focus of the bank’s business has led to significant enhancement of human
capital in its various business units.
This
is with a view to injecting fresh ideas, initiatives and energies to strengthen
the various departments of the bank with capabilities to pursue the attainment
of strategic business focus in the Agricultural financing, retail/SMEs and
development of rural economy.
According
to the source ” About 200 new hires were said to have been recruited by the
Bank to drive the transformation initiative began by the Management in the last
one year while about 100 other staff were said to have been promoted recently.
Meanwhile,
some members of staff numbering about 215 have been allowed to go in an
exercise that will enable the Bank realign its operation to pursue its long
term growth strategy.
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