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Fidelity rewards 13 customers with N15m

- From Sunday Michael Ogwu, Lagos Profession­als seek inclusion in Buhari’s economic council

Fidelity Bank Plc has rewarded 13 customers with N15 million in the first draw of its Get Alert in Millions (GAIM) Season 4 Savings promo.

The bank rewarded the lucky customers at the prize presentati­on ceremonies held in different locations across the country recently. Two Lagos customers namely Mr Okechukwu Darlington and Mr Chisom Akazie won one million Anita each.

Other customers carted away consolatio­n prizes of power generating sets, refrigerat­or and television sets.

Speaking at the prize presentati­on ceremony, Darlington, a business man said he never imagined himself becoming a winner and even thought

The Associatio­n of Profession­al Bodies of Nigeria (APBN) has demanded the inclusion of other profession­als in President Muhammadu Buhari’s Economic Advisory Council.

The President of Board and Council, APBN, Engr. Olumuyiwa Ajibola while reading the communiqué of the group after its board meeting last Friday, commended Buhari for the economic council.

He however noted that the scope should be expanded to accommodat­e the call from the bank was a scam. Akazie also commended the bank for keeping to their word. He urged other customers to continue to have faith in the financial institutio­n. Mr Ken Opara, Regional Bank Head (RBH), Ikeja said that the promo was instituted to encourage savings culture and to reward loyal customers.

“The GAIM 4 is the 9th promo being conducted by the bank in the last 13 years and this is not about Fidelity Bank mobilising savings.

“It is worthy to note that similar presentati­ons are also going on in our locations outside Lagos as a total of 31 winners that emerged would be presented with their prizes and N1.5 million worth of airtime will be also given to 1,600 customers as weekly give away”, he said. profession­als from different sectors of the economy.

“It is expected that this would enrich the quality of production of the Team. it is important to note that the Nigerian profession­als are willing allies and hereby call on the government to involve them in helping to design the implementa­tion strategies thereof,” APBN said.

On infrastruc­ture, the group urged the government to engage local profession­als by embedding high local content in the processes, the physical, human and soft infrastruc­ture acquisitio­n to replace foreign-dominated procuremen­t.

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