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| Mr. Godwin Emefiele – Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. |
Adams was alone in his office the day I went back to him. While we were discussing, I jokingly asked him how much he was ready to deposit with my bank. I did this to make sure I did not fulfill his condition and end up losing out.
“I’ll start with a deposit of N5,000,000 (five million naira) and move up the ladder if I discover your bank to be customer-friendly. I’ll also encourage some of my friends who have plenty of cash to keep some with your bank. Trust me! The ball is still in your court,” he insisted.
After he had assured me of his of his intention to start banking with my bank, I went ahead and granted him his request. It was a very difficult and painful thing for me to do. I know many people would ask for my head for doing this. I did it in order to keep my job.
True to his word, Adams kept to his promise. Apart from fulfilling his promise, he also convinced two of his friends to become customers of my bank. The two of them made an initial deposits of N9,000,000 (nine million naira) and N6,000,000 (six million naira) and later doubled these figures.
My ability to win Adams and his friends, though at a very costly price, brought me a significant breakthrough. I was promoted from the position of a mere marketer to the enviable position of a branch manager. Not only was I made a manager, a new branch was opened for me to head in Abuja.
Because of my lack of banking experience at that time, some experienced members of staff were detailed and assigned to assist me at my new location, until I became matured enough to stand on my feet. As I speak to you in writing, the branch is one of the most-viable branches of my bank.
It is true that I have achieved success as a professional banker, but the process through which I achieved the feat is still haunting me. Each time I remember that I slept with Adams and other men just to get to where I am now, I usually feel very bad.
Because of this, I am considering resigning from my job. My fear about this, however, is that my husband might want to know why I want to resign. If he does so, what would I tell him?
While I’m praying for divine direction in this matter, let me use this opportunity to call on the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, to use his good office to call some bank executives to order. Inasmuch as competition has some positive effects, the CBN must prevail on some bank chief executives, who use unethical marketing strategies to win customers, to desist from it.
Again, girls and ladies who intend to take up marketing jobs with banks in Nigeria should be very careful. They should learn from my ugly experience.
They should know that most male prospects in Nigeria would not like to become customers of their through them without sleeping with them. If someone else had told me this, maybe I wouldn’t have taken up the banking job in the first place.
Working with a bank had always been a job after my heart. I was very happy when I secured one, but today, my joy has been marred with plenty of regrets. Of what benefit is it for me to have found my dream job and yet struggle with regrets?
Does it make any sense?
Over to you!
Story By Agatha.
The End.
