Omu-Aran community urges banks to reopen after seven months closure

Date: 2013-12-18

Community leaders in  Omu-Aran, Kwara State, have appealed to banks that had closed shops for more than seven months in the community to re-open in the interest of  residents.

They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Omu-Aran in separate interviews that the continued closure of the banks was impacting negatively on the economy of the community.

NAN reported that armed robbers, on May 14, raided three banks in the community,  killed three persons and escaped with unspecified amount of money.

Residents in the community now travel to Ilorin, the state capital, and communities  in the neighbouring states to transact banking business.

The Akeweje of Omu-Aran, Chief Bisi Adeyemi,  particularly urged the Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institution to urgently intervene to save the community from the predicament.

He said the community, under its traditional ruler, the Olomu of Omu-Aran, Oba Charles Ibitoye, and Omu-Aran Development Association (ODA) had held series of meetings to woo the banks back to business.

"The community had held series of meetings, especially those that border on security, all in the efforts to woo the banks to re-open their doors for banking transactions.

"The community has also gone the extra mile to fortify its local security outfit and given assistance and support to the police surveillance and patrols.

"But, regrettably, more than seven months after the unfortunate incident, the situation remains the same and our people are now at the receiving end.

"Our markets have been deserted because residents who travel to Ilorin and Otun in Ekiti State for banking transactions prefer buying their items along with them after such transactions," Adeyemi said.

Alhaja Awawu Popoola, a market leader, said that traders were experiencing low sales and had incurred losses as a result of the closure of the banks.

"Majority of our members have been thrown out of business due to losses incurred as a result of poor sales occasioned by closure of banks in the community.

"The fear of attack on banks in Omu-Aran has also driven away some potential buyers to more secured markets in other towns," Popoola said.

Secretary, Omu-Aran Development Association, Mr Bidemi Olawuyi, said the association had taken some proactive measures to assist law enforcement agencies.

"We are not resting on our oars in assisting security agencies, including the town's vigilance group, to end this trend.

"More importantly, we are still in contact with the banks' managements in an effort to woo them back to continue their businesses in the interest of the people of the community," Olawuyi said.

 


Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kishira     Umar Saro     George Funsho Adebayo     Omoniyi Ayinla     Alao Ayotunde     Yakubu Dogara     Olosi Of Osi     Yashikira     08001000100     Joseph Bamigboye     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     S.O. Opowoye     Suleman Abubakar     Mohammed Abduraheem     General Hospital     Kanu Agabi     Mutawalle     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Adebayo Salami     Kwara Hotel     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     Kwara United     Noah Yusuf     Atunwa     Ibikunle Ogunleye     IHS     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Universal Basic Education Commission     NIPR     Ahmad Uthman     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Sa\'adu Salau     Monsurat Omotosho     Yemi Sanni     ITP     Agboola Babatunde     Bamikole Omishore     Ajakaye     Vasolar Consultoria     Halidu Danbaba     Salihu Yahaya     Wale Oladepo     Idris Amosa Saidu     Baba-Isale     Ijagbo Health Centre     Obayomi Azeez     Hijab     11th Galadima     Okedare     Hussein Oloyede     CUTI     Balogin Alanamu     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Laolu Saraki     Asa LGEA School     Bello Bature     Omotosho     Atiku Abubakar     Lithium Deposit     Yinka Aluko     Ganmo     Ilorin South Constituency     Nupe     Olota Of Odo-Owa     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Kwabes     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Suraj Tunji Oyewale     Ibrahim Mohammed     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Tafida Of Ilorin     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Olatunde Michaels     Afolayan     Kwara Polytechnic     Laboratory-to-Product     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Chief Imam Of Offa     Okin High School     Laduba     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Offa Metropolitan Club     Okala Baba     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     KWAFFA     Henry Olaosebikan     Okin Biscuit     Saka Keji     Elelu     Okin Malt     Apaokagi     Omupo     Overland     Nupe     Mohammed Danjuma     Joseph Offorjama     Congress For National Consensus     Kwara South     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Alabi Lawal     Valsolar Consortium     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Eruku     Yahaya Dumoye     Tafidan Kaiama     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Kwara Consultative Forum     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Ahmad Ali     Ojo Fadumila     AbdulHamid Adi     Apaola     Aliyu Alhassan     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Third Estate     Adijat Adebiyi     Bashirat Bola Bello     NaAllah     Issa Baba     Adebara     COEASU     Sabi     Iqra Books     CUTI     Abikan     Ayinde Oki     Umar Danladi Shero     Oniye     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Offa Poly     Kola Bukoye     Ilorin Metro Park     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Mohammed Haruna     Sarah Jubril     Ahmad Uthman     Lanre Jimoh     Yaman     Sidikat Alaya     Fareedah Dankaka     Kwara United     Moshood Bakare     Yusuf Ali