Sterling Bank Plc Sacks 400 Workers To Redue Overhead Cost

Sterling Bank Plc has sacked 400 workers in a systematic mass retrenchment aimed at reducing overhead cost.

Investigations showed that 97 per cent of the retrenched workers were former staff of Equatorial Trust Bank Ltd. acquired by Sterling.

A source close to the bank said that the mass sack, which started about three weeks ago would also affect another 150 workers because of the consolidation of the two banks. He said that workers were thrown into the nation’s saturated labour market with only three months’ salary as severance package.

An Executive Management staff, who wants to remain anonymous said that the retrenchment was their best option toward sustainable growth and return to profitability.

He said that the workers were only victims of the economy, adding that they had to relieve them of their jobs to grow the bank.