Residents and activities in Achara layout Enugu was
recently held to a stand still when two middle aged women later indentified as Miss Chinwe and Mrs Njideka [surnames
witheld by us] traded insults on each other nearly exchanging punchs in the
utterly heated situation to the awe of the viewing public screening the live undirected scene of
better-to-act in Nollywood. The NARRATOR later gathered that the altercation
erupted from a long dormant but furiously rumbling coperate miss
did in a new generation bank. Report has it that there is an
increase in theft among commercial banks operating in Enugu state.
Investigation
revealed that there is
an upsurge in customer complainants
of being short-changed each time they come to make
payment over the counter.
Narratng her ordeal, Miss Chinwe a victim of this coperate robbery, recently
shortchanged a huge amount of money told us how this trend has been a constant occurrence
each time she goes to make her payment.
She
went as far as singling out Njideka
a
staff of the new
generation banks located along Agbani road, Enugu South local government area.
Chinwe who sounded so enraged,
openly accused Njideka
of always shortchanging her whenever she comes to make payment in the said
bank.
“I
have always noticed the way she counts my money anytime I come to make payments.”
Miss Chinwe
recounts.
“Every
time I come here,
she will always tell me that my money runs short of what I filled in the
teller, even when I am sure that I gave her the complete amount. I have lost huge sum of money because of
this open day robbery,” she cries out.
When
asked how she became convinced
that it was a deliberate attempt by the staff in question to cheat her of her
money.
Chimwe snaped “I am very sure she
was the one, in fact, recently I purposely ensured that I rearranged my money
to set a trap for her and she fell into the trap and I have witnesses.”
When
asked if she reported the matter to the bank management. She answered “Yes I raised alarm in
the bank over the issue, but the manager defended her out rightly even without
carrying out any investigation. I got frustrated and that is why I decided to
confront her like this as she is going home from work.”
Miss
Chinwe who looked downcast further expressed the desire to let the world know what shes been suffering from an institution believed to be saddled with
upholding public trust.
When
THE NARRATOR approached Mrs. Njideka on the accusation, the suspect who claimed busy said she
has nothing to say.
Meanwhile,
the assistant bank manager of the said bank Mr. Obinna (surname withheld by us)
claimed ignorance of the customer’s
complaint maintaining that ``any``
irreglarity in the bank is ``always`` directed
to management in writing.
And i ask myself, what is his job descrition?
He
further directed us to their regional headquarters for more clarification as it
is against their ethics for him to speak without directive from the
headquarters on any issue.
Miss
Chinwe maybe one a few
who had the courage to speak out against
this new cankerworm bedeviling the banking sector here in Enugu.
Further investigation carried out by us proved
that the issue of dubiously shortchanging customers
of their hard-earned money while making
payment in banks
is more prevalent among some banks located in Agbani road, here
in Enugu.
``I had gone to a bank to withdraw money from counter,
she gave me a mint wrap of one thousand notes. On getting home, i noticed tha a
five hundred naira was embeded at the center. Had it been another person did
the withdrawal for me, i would never have agreed its a laps from the
bank`` larmented Mr. Adekunle Olawale a
bank subscriber
The
bank authorities are adviced to beef up the surveillance on the activities
of their staff as the nefarous acts of some could drag
the good reputation of their banks to the mud.
The next time you are to make payment, carefully
watch when your money is being counted after you must have counted it yourself
to avoid being told some notes are missing.
