Sterling Bank opens Computer Village branch in Lagos

Sterling Bank Plc has opened a new branch at the popular Computer Village in Ikeja, Lagos.

The computer village is a marketplace designed to offer trusted, speedy and happy shopping experience to technology consumers as well as a servicing hub for both retailers and wholesalers of technology products in Nigeria and Africa.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Mr. Grama Narasimhan, Executive Director, Retail and Consumer Banking, Sterling Bank enjoined operators in the market to move their financial transactions to the bank, remarking that the bank is capable of meeting their financial needs.

He informed operators in the market that the bank has a stable and reliable information technology platform that is capable of meeting their financial needs in the market.

The executive director enjoined them to demand for prompt services as well as give feedback, whether positive or negative, to enable the bank to serve them better.

Also speaking, the Regional Business Executive for Ikeja region with Sterling Bank, Mrs. Eniola Obe remarked that as a business executive for the region for about nine years running, “One of my dreams has always been to open a branch at the Computer Village and I am happy today that this particular dream has come to pass.”

She thanked the management of the bank and her colleagues for their effort in helping to turn her dream into reality.

She assured operators in the market of the readiness of the bank to support them to grow, adding that the bank will design products to meet their needs in cases where existing products that could meet such needs, as well as offer interest rates that suit their business needs, are inadequate.

Mr. Adewusi Oluwakemi, a member of the cluster marketing unit of the bank said the unit is ready to work with operators in the market as partners in a bid to make their businesses more successful.

In his contribution, the President of Computer and Allied Products Dealers Association of Nigeria (CAPDAN), Mr. Ahmed Ojikutu, thanked Sterling Bank for opening the branch and for helping to clean the environment of the market, remarking that modern business has changed from pure capitalism to social capitalism by putting a human face to the things they do instead of only pursuing profit.

He advised officials of the bank to make the customers’ journey short and encouraging by offering quality services to them.

Other operators in the market who spoke at the ceremony include Messrs Chuks Ekekwe, Plaza Heads Chairman, and Ike Nwosu.

According to Ekekwe, Sterling Bank should pay attention to small operators in the market because they are the ones that would market it to their church members and other associates while Nwosu enjoined the bank officials to listen to their customers and keep up what they are doing because customer’s experience is the strength of any business.

The event which was hosted by Lepacious Bose as master of ceremony was attended by senior officials of the bank, operators in the market, representatives of the Community Development Association (CDA) and Ikeja Local Government Area, among others.