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Wednesday, March 25, 2020 / 6:04 PM /
Ecobank
Ecobank Nigeria has launched a 'StaySafeNigeria' media campaign being
part of its corporate actions to support measures to check the rising spread of
Coronavirus in Nigeria. The integrated media campaign is a call to action,
creating awareness and educating the populace on safety measures to adopt
against the dreaded Coronavirus disease (COVID -19).
Flagging off the campaign in Lagos, Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria,
Patrick Akinwuntan, said the "StaySafeNigeria" campaign is designed to mobilise
the entire citizenry to adopt safe conduct and healthy habits to help contain
the spread of Coronavirus in Nigeria. He emphasised that with a population of
about 200 million, prevention is better than cure and indeed in the case of
COVID-19, prevention is much better than "no cure". We must therefore place top
priority on getting everyone to stop the spread or minimise the spread of the
virus now, pointing out that we cannot risk a full pandemic in Nigeria as our
health infrastructure and personnel will be easily overwhelmed if that should
happen.
He explained that the messages will be in Pidgin, Ibo, Hausa, Yoruba and
English on radio, electronic and social media to take the message to the
grassroots whilst ensuring a contactless deployment in line with "StaySafeNigeria" ethos.
"All hands must be on deck to check the spread of the COVID-19. We have
no choice as a caring and responsible corporate organisation than to rise up to
this challenge of our generation and make every contribution to check the
spread and save lives. Our media campaign will engage people in very simple
language on important tips to stay safe. The campaign will be sustained to
continue promoting good hygiene conduct even after we overcome Coronavirus," he
said.
Mr. Akinwuntan disclosed that the bank had engaged in many advocacy
measures to protect its staff, customers and other stakeholders since the
outbreak of the disease, stating that the bank evoked its business continuity
plans, suspended all non-essential travels, cancelled physical meetings and
resorted to virtual/digital meetings. He also emphasized strong hygiene habits
by encouraging frequent washing of hands with soap and water, provision of
alcohol based hand sanitizers in all its locations, temperature checks and
mandated employees to respect the mandatory self-isolation/quarantine for 14
days if they have been exposed in any manner. The staff of the Bank also advised
customers to maintain social distancing whilst Tellers and front office
employees attending to customers wear face masks with gloves in addition to
social distancing.
It will be recalled that Ecobank had before now, also encouraged its
customers to avoid non-essential contacts in achieving their banking needs by
utilising digital solutions to easily access their bank accounts, make
contactless payments, transfer funds and carry out other ancillary banking
transactions from the comfort of their homes and offices without visiting the
branches. Some of the digital platforms include *326#, Ecobank Mobile App,
Ecobank Online, EcobankPay, Ecobank OmniPlus, OmniLite and the Rapidtransfer
App.
The StaySafeNigeria campaign is in line with the bank's Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) which seeks to intervene and contribute to the wellbeing
of the people where it operates.
Na Ecobank say make una StaySafe o. #StaySafeNigeria
#StaySafeNaija #StaySafe
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