Eco Bank Sacks Over 1040 Workers, Diamond Bank 200, Seun Kuti, Other Nigerians In Twitter React (photos)

Over 1, 240 bank workers have been thrown back to the unemployment world as Ecobank Nigeria has sacked over 1,040 of its employees while Diamond Bank Plc sacked over 200 members of its workforce.

Adding to that, FBN Holdings, the parent company of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, recently said it would prune the number of its employees by 1,000.


Sources revealed that the affected staff members of Ecobank included full time and contract workers.

Top officials of the pan-African lender confirmed to our correspondents that the initial list of those to be sacked had over 1,400, workers but was later reduced to “a little above 1,000.”

Ecobank spokespersons declined to comment on the number of workers who were disengaged.

Meanwhile, Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti and other twitter users have reacted to the report of Ecobank sacking 1040 of its workers.
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