Tuesday, May 12, 2020 / 2:37 PM / Ecobank / Header Image Credit: Twitter; @ecobank_nigeria
Lagos, May 11, 2020 - 57 trainees, who represent batch seven set
of graduates being absorbed into Ecobank Nigeria as full time employees
were last week hosted to a virtual graduation ceremony by the Ecobank Academy - the first of its kind by the bank in Nigeria as it positions itself as a high
quality employer ready for the opportunities of a post-COVID19 lockdown. In
attendance were notable personalities including the Registrar/Chief Executive,
Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), Seye Awojobi; Managing
Director, Ecobank Nigeria, Patrick Akinwuntan; Group Executive, Human
Resources, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), Yves Mayilamene; Head,
Human Resources, Ecobank Nigeria, Kunle Adewuyi and several others including
the 57 graduands who joined the ceremony from various locations within and
outside the country.
In his comment, the Managing Director, Patrick Akinwuntan
reaffirmed the commitment of Ecobank to continue to invest in young Nigerians
to boost its high quality labor force in order to better serve its customers in
a convenient and accessible manner particularly as the nation rebounds from the
COVID19 lockdown. He added that Ecobank had invested in a robust
technology-based model which positioned it to cope with current and future
challenges including provision of convenient digital banking services to
customers in a seamless manner across 36 countries on the African continent.
CIBN Registrar/Chief Executive, Seye Awojobi, said the
initiative of the bank to host the event digitally is pacesetting for the
industry. He commended the bank for the high premium placed on training and
building the competencies of its workforce.
"The CIBN is quite impressed with the importance Ecobank
attaches to training of new hires and capacity building of its staff. I have
lost count of how many graduation events I attended at the state of the art
Ecobank Academy last year. This is certainly the way to grow the bank and the
industry to meet up with global standards. I advise the graduands to display
high level of integrity. One of the truest test of integrity is its blunt
refusal to be compromised. You should be ready to give your best to the bank
that hired and trained you and thereby contributing your quota to the growth of
the industry."
Speaking further, the Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria,
Patrick Akinwuntan encouraged the graduands to remain ethical and diligent in
the delivery of the vision of the bank to become the most preferred financial
services payments brand in Nigeria to support the economic development of
households and growth of trade, manufacturing and commerce in Nigeria and
Africa.
Welcoming the graduands formally to the bank, Acting Head, Human
Resources, Ecobank Nigeria, Kunle Adewuyi said the bank offers an enabling and
conducive environment for staff to excel to the highest level, adding that its
reward system remains a motivating factor for high performance and
productivity. He explained that the Ecobank Graduate Trainee program is an
intensive one year of in-depth training for fresh graduates, aimed at equipping
the participants who may be coming from non-financial and banking related
academic backgrounds with the necessary skillset and knowledge required to work
in the banking and finance industry.
Adewuyi noted that the graduation involving 57 trainees,
which took place digitally due to the Coronavirus pandemic, was the first ever
virtual graduation to be held in the history of the academy. He enjoined them
to remain focused and apply themselves uniquely in their different roles.
Group Executive, Human Resources, ETI, Yves Mayilamene advised
the graduands to be fully committed to their growth, as well as the overall
growth of the organization and Africa.
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