Access Bank Nigeria – A pregnant cashier working with Access Bank Ketu/Ikorodu branch allegedly collapsed after she was handed her sack letter as she was said to have been one of the staff affected by the bank’s mass retrenchment of staff.
According to Sahara Reporters, the 3-months pregnant cashier identified as Taiwo collapsed on Saturday after hearing of her dismissal from Access Bank.
SR spoke with a colleague of the lady, who collapsed, he was quoted to have said;
“Her name is Taiwo. When she got the news today, she collapsed. There were two of them affected by the mass retrenchment from Ketu/Ikorodu Road branch, as of now. We will get to know more on Monday about others who were affected. The Taiwo lady is about two or three months pregnant.
“When she heard the news, she collapsed. It was friends and family around her that rushed her to the hospital.”
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Recall that Access Bank Nigeria had announced plans to sack its workers as a result of the negative impact of the Coronavirus pandemic and many of the bank’s staff were said to have gotten their sack sack letters via email over the weekend.
Nigeria on Friday reported 238 New COVID-19 Cases.
According to NCDC, 92 of the new cases were recorded in Kano, 36 in FCT, 30 in Lagos, 16 in Gombe, 10 in Bauchi, 8 in Delta, 6 in Oyo, 5 in Zamfara, 5 in Sokoto, 4 in Ondo, 4 in Nasarawa, 3 in Kwara, 3 in Edo, 3 in Ekiti, 3 in Borno, 3 in Yobe, 2 in Adamawa, 1 in Niger, 1 in Imo, 1 in Ebonyi, 1 in Rivers and 1 in Enugu.
The coronavirus outbreak first hit some of the world’s largest economies. After originating in China, Italy and Spain were particularly hard hit. The U.S. now leads the world in the number of people who have contracted COVID-19 and those who have died from the disease.
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