Unity Bank sacks 215 staff

Unity Bank Plc said it has sacked 215 of its employees and hired 200 as part of its reengineering strategy for greater performance.

The lender in a statement obtained by our correspondent said about 100 other staff were promoted recently in its repositioning drive with the attraction of specialist skills to its workforce since relocation to Lagos.

The bank in a statement said, “pursuant to its transformation initiatives, Unity 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 business has led to significant enhancement of human capital in its various business units.

The bank noted that 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.

The statement from Unity bank noted that “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. However the affected staff were said to have exercised the option to resign while Management has approved severance package in line with the Bank’s policy”.