The Association of Senior Staff of Banks,Insurance and Financial Institution,ASSBIFI,has ordered bankers to immediately stay away from work in any state where banks are attacked on account of Naira crunch in the country.
The action will continue daily until normalcy is restored,President of the group,Comrade Olusoji Oluwole,disclosed in a statement obtained by Premium News on Friday.
According to him,the National Secretariat has been inundated with reports of threat and attacks on lives and properties of members and bank branches and subsequently has been on the field to monitor and confirm the reports.
He added:”We issued warnings and appeal to government to provide security measure for the safety of lives and properties of members within and around the premises,but regrettably the attacks have continued without any form of security for the safety of our members and the recent being the attack today,Friday,17th February,2023 on one bank branch of Epe,Lagos.
“We cannot leave the lives and properties of our members exposed to obvious danger.Consewuently,all members should today immediately stay away from work in any state where banks are attacked”.
