Executive Director of Access Bank, Victor Etuokwu at the weekend said the bank in line with its branch network policy would open another 12 branches within the South West zone in the next two weeks.
Etuokwu who disclosed this during the opening of a new branch at Iree, a Polytechnic community in Boripe Local Government Area of Osun State, explained that the policy of the bank to spread branches in all the communities in Nigeria was rooted in the mindset that economy can not grow unless people are economically empowered.
He said: “One of the ways in which local populace could be economically empowered is through bringing retail banking of that nature to their doorstep to stimulate access to credit facilities and business guidance.”
Speaking at the programme, the state governor, Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola remarked that the new branch of Access Bank in the community would go a long way in enhancing small business owners to boost their trades through credit facilities and deep business advice.
Speaking though his Commissioner for Finance, Prince Bola Oyebamiji, the governor said the state is safe for commercial banks to do business, adding that the issue of internal security remains a cardinal consideration of policy formation and implementation in the state.
