UBA Recruits 4,000 New Staff, Promotes 5,000

Over 5,000 staff of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc started the new year with a lot of cheer as the bank at the weekend announced their promotion to new grades as well as salary upgrades with immediate effect this January.

Those who were beneficiaries of the exercise, according to a statement, would receive up to 170 per cent increase in their salaries and benefits, whilst a good number have been moved to higher grade levels.

“In a carefully planned restructuring embarked upon by the bank in the last quarter of 2019, UBA has transformed its grading system and processes to become one of the most competitive within the industry.

“The bank crashed its grade levels to 12 levels from entry level to the top of the pyramid where previously it had been 16 levels.

“This means that staff will now find it much easier to attain top leadership management positions at UBA as their careers progress much faster,” the statement explained.

Further, it revealed that in a massive recruitment drive, over 4000 new staff members resumed in the last week of December 2019 in Nigeria alone at the bank. It pointed out that UBA currently stands as the highest employer of labour amongst Nigerian banks with a staff strength of close to 20,000.

UBA’s Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Kennedy Uzoka, who announced the bank’s new staff improvement initiatives to the excited employees, noted that UBA was continually seeking new ways to improve the fortunes of its staff as they are the backbone of the organisation.

Uzoka, who spoke to the staff in a bank-wide live broadcast said, “As a leading financial institution, we do not take issues relating to our staff lightly. We take great pride in being a listening bank that has the ears of our employees as they turn the wheels which make the organisation successful for our customers and shareholders.

“UBA recruits highly talented staff who perform at the best standards and deserve to be remunerated accordingly.”

Continuing, Uzoka said, “we have also taken steps to ensure that our bank remains at the top tier as it relates to talent pool.