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Fidelity Bank establishes business school
Fidelity Bank Plc has set up a Business School to redress the perceived inefficiencies in the market and build capacity in the industry. The move will also ensure that every member of the Fidelity team is adequately armed with the required knowledge to effectively compete and win in the market place.
Fidelity Bank Plc has set up a Business School to redress the perceived inefficiencies in the market and build capacity in the industry. The move will also ensure that every member of the Fidelity team is adequately armed with the required knowledge to effectively compete and win in the market place.
Commissioning the school, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Fidelity bank Plc, Reginald Ihejiahi said that the bank has taken steps to enhance its learning philosophy and training models. He noted that emphasis would be placed on practical learning and self-development. “Strong weights would now be attached to self facilitated learning both at the individual level as well as that of team (unit/Group/Division) with more emphasis on practical curriculum that actually deepens staff business school model to boost the knowledge and skills of team members in every market we play”, he said.
Ihejiahi also announced the appointment of Idris Yakubu, GM, North Bank, Taiwo Joda, Head Large Corporates and Multinationals, Osahon Ogeiva, Head of Telecoms and Edet Eni, Head Office SBU as Deans and heads of faculties of Public Sector School, Value Chain School, Telecoms School and the Consumer Finance School respectively and charged them to live up to their responsibilities.
“As Deans and head of faculty, you will work with Learning & Development to ensure that a comprehensive curriculum of “how to” programs is prepared to provide bank wide practical training and reference materials on how to win new businesses and deepen the bank’s market share in our target business segments; educate on products and services to be offered to each business segment, and guide on how to drive up business volumes and revenues and demonstrate how to measure service and inform on what customers consider in deciding where to take their business”. He also admonished the students to make good use of the opportunity to develop themselves and become better team members. “Don’t expect to be taught everything, you are expected to learn on your own. The emphasis is on practical learning and when you go back you then lead on your team”.
Earlier in her welcome address, the Executive Director, Shared Services, Chijioke Ugochukwu said that the concept of the business school is in use on a global level and that its significance is in its practical approach to learning. She noted that the idea was discussed and agreed on at the last board retreat as part of strategies to move the bank forward. She thanked the learning and development school and the out – going ED, Shared Services, IK. Mbagwu for leading on the project and promised to improve on the foundation already laid down by the team. “I promise to build on the foundation; no going back, everything will be incremental”, she said.
Gunmen believed to be kidnappers have reportedly abducted an unspecified number of employees from the Dangote Cement Company Plc in Okpella, Etsako West local government area of Edo state.
The incident occurred on Monday when the workers were traveling back to Okpella town in a staff bus after work.
According to an anonymous source from Okpella community, the gunmen ambushed the bus, emerged from the bush, halted the vehicle at gunpoint, and then took the workers into the bush.
The source added “Yes, we heard of it, they said they were in a Coaster bus coming to Okpella after work when they were kidnapped by gunmen. But, we don’t know the numbers of the workers that have been kidnapped.”
Confirmation from police authorities regarding the incident was unavailable as calls and messages to the State Commissioner of Police and the Command’s spokesperson went unanswered.
As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) and First Exploration & Production Limited (First E&P) joint venture (JV) has donated the sum of N53 million to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Nigeria.
Under the JV’s Impact First Initiative, the donation, targeted towards enhancing societal welfare, would address areas such as good healthcare and well-being, quality education as well as economic growth within the nation.
Speaking during the cheque presentation ceremony, NNPC Ltd’s Chief Upstream Investment Officer (CUIO), NNPC Upstream Investment Management Services (NUIMS), Mr. Bala Wunti, expressed gratitude to First E & P for initiating the laudable programme.
Represented by the Deputy Manager, External Relations, NUIMS, Mrs. Edith Lawson, Wunti highlighted NNPC Ltd’s belief in the power of CSR, stressing that the Company remains committed to working with its partners to impact the lives of the less-privileged.
Wunti said under the initiative, projects and programmes executed include the provision of classrooms, ICT Centres, laboratories and other infrastructural intervention projects, scholarships, quiz competitions, skill acquisitions, and economic empowerment, a testimony to NNPC’s dedication to fostering sustainable development in Nigeria.
Wunti described First E & P’s foresight and leadership as commendable, adding that the partner has spearheaded the initiative towards meaningful change that will ensure a better future for all Nigerians.
Among the beneficiaries of the donation were the Irede Foundation, which provides custom-made artificial limbs to child amputees aged 0-18 and Human Development Initiative (HDI), which focuses on tackling fundamental issues of poverty, injustice, neglect, deprivation, and equality among vulnerable people.
Others were the OISA Foundation, which transforms lives through interventions in the education and healthcare sectors; Cerebral Palsy Center, which renders support to families with children with cerebral palsy as well as the Niola Cancer Care Foundation, which organises awareness talks and screens communities for colon cancer.
In a heartwarming gesture, Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, has announced plans to arrange marriages for 100 female orphans who lost their parents to banditry in Mariga Local Government Area.
Sarkindaji stated that he will cover the grooms’ dowries and has already obtained all necessary items for the collective wedding event.
The selected girls were chosen from a group of 170, as part of the Speaker’s constituency empowerment project to support the underprivileged.
Sarkindaji further revealed that the Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umar Bago, and the Emir of Kontagora, Alhaji Mohammed Barau, will serve as guardians for the 100 female orphans during their collective marriage ceremony.
The event, scheduled for May 24 in Bangi, Mariga Local Government Area, will also be attended by Sheikh Aminu Daurawa, the Kano State Commander General of the Hisbah Board.
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