Labour Shuts Bank’s Operations Over Sacked Workers

[Shola Sholaz]

LEADERS of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, its affiliate, National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees, NUBIFIE, and other activists, yesterday, shut down the operations of Diamond Bank Plc's Head Office, and two other key branches in Lagos, over alleged labour infractions, including the sack of 200 union members and officials.
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The Adeola Hopewell Head Office and two other branches considered vital to the bank's effective transactions were shut, preventing customers and others from gaining access into the bank.
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The aggrieved labour leaders and activists, displayed several placards with inscriptions such as 'Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity, Diamond Bank has closed door against workers, do not keep silent,' 'core staff or not we are all workers of Diamond Bank Plc,' 'Equals should be treated equally,' among others.
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They were said to have arrived the bank's head office few minutes past 8a.m., barricaded it and ensured that its operations were crippled.