A pregnant Access Bank employee who was affected by the bank’s mass retrenchment of staff, collapsed on Saturday after receiving her sack letter.
According to SaharaReporters, the employee who is three months pregnant received a sack letter from the Ketu/Ikorodu branch of Access Bank.
A colleague, close to the pregnant woman told SaharaReporters via a phone call that: “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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Earlier on, in a leaked video, Wigwe disclosed that in order to keep the company sustainable, Access Bank will have to lay off mostly outsourced staff such as cleaners, security guards, tellers, among others; noting that this is in view of the fact that the bank will not be having all of its branches operational until December, 2020.
Access Bank’s Boss further added that the decisions are vital in ensuring that the company remains afloat, especially in view of the challenging days ahead due to the coronavirus disease outbreak.