The management of Ecobank Nigeria Limited has announced the
promotion of more than one thousand staff. This latest promotion exercise which
affected about 30 per cent of core employees of the bank is in line with its
commitment to recognizing and rewarding excellence and exceptional performance.
The promoted staff cut across all cadres of the workforce.
Also the bank has commenced a graduates recruitment exercise
that will give opportunity to several hundreds of young Nigerians to join the
workforce within the next few years starting from 2018 through a
structured training programme that will prepare them as next generation of
leaders in the banking industry.
The Managing Director of Ecobank Nigeria, Charles Kie who
announced these developments in Lagos stated that it is part of the bank’s roadmap to
leadership targeted at making Ecobank one of top three banks in Nigeria within
the next five years. He stated that the bank is fully committed to rewarding
excellence and will continue to take appropriate positive actions in line with
international best practice to sustain excellence in its work force. Mr Kie emphasized
that Ecobank Nigeria would also continue to simplify and digitize its
operations to better serveits customers.
“This exercise is part of steps taken by the bank
to realign its work force for better efficiency in line with best practices.
Our people are our greatest asset as they allow us to maintainhigh service
quality standards, constantly improve on customer satisfaction and
enhance our brand experience” Kie said.
The promoted staff were selected through an appraisal
exercise conducted using an in-house developed performance management system
which uses both financial and non-financial metrics to appraise staff. He
maintained that Ecobank is an institution where high professional culture and
exceptional performance are recognized and rewarded.
Ecobank Nigeria is part of the Ecobank Group represented in
36 African countries. The Group employs nearly 19,000 people from 40 different
countries, with over 1,200 branches and offices.
0 Comments