Complete Lockdown As ASSBIFI Orders Bank Staff To Stay Off Duty

<h4>Complete Lockdown<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> has reliably gathered that the Association of Senior Staff of Banks&comma; Insurance and other Financial Institutions&comma; ASSBIFI&comma; has ordered banks affected by attacks in the past few days to staff off duty till normalcy returns&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;There have been recent attacks on banks by protesters over the scarcity of cash across Abeokuta&comma; Edo&comma; Delta&comma; Oyo and Akwa Ibom states&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In the process&comma; bank branches were burnt&comma; Automated Teller Machines &lpar;ATMs&rpar; destroyed and workers’ personal effects were damaged&comma; amid attacks on their members&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Sensing more dangers&comma; ASSBIFI&comma; in a statement signed by its <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">President&comma; Olusoji Oluwole&comma;<&sol;a> said it would no longer watch its members endanger their lives in the cource of offering service to the nation&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Union noted that it had requested government to provide safety for its members within and around the banking premises&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;But regrettably&comma; the attacks have continued without any form of security for the safety of our members&comma;” he lamented&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The statement reads in full&colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>The national secretariat has been inundated with reports of threats and attacks on life and property of members and bank branches&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>We issued warning and appeals to government to provide security measures for the safety of life and property of our members within and around the banking premises&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>But regrettably&comma; the attacks have continued without any former of security for the safety&comma; the recent being the attack in Epe on Friday&period; We cannot leave our people to be exposed to obvious danger&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Consequently&comma; all members should today&comma; February 17&comma; 2023&comma; immediately stay away from work in any state where banks have been attacked&period; This is to continue everyday until normalcy returned&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;