It was an exciting evening on Saturday, April 9, 2016 as staff of pan-African financial services group, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc gathered at the Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos, Nigeria, to celebrate the bank’s staff that have performed exceptionally well in the 2015 financial year.
This has been the
tradition of the bank since 2008 and equally the eighth edition since its
inception. As usual, it lived up to its reputation as a night of glamour and
glitz as bankers let down their conservative mien and turned up in a “party”
mood to celebrate their colleagues that have excelled in the just concluded
financial year.
The theme of the night
was “The Evolution of UBA” and was aimed at celebrating UBA’s rich history as
one of the biggest and dominant banks through the ages from its inception in
1949.
Using dance drama
headlined by top Nollywood stars like Segun Arinze, Norbert Young, Ireti Doyle,
and Gideon Okeke, they highlighted the men and women, who have made UBA what it
is today, Its landmark heritage building on 57 Marina, contributions across
Africa and its foot print across Africa in 19 countries; Nigeria, Ghana, Benin
Republic, Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Chad, Cameroon, Kenya, Gabon,
Tanzania, Zambia, Uganda, Liberia, Sierra-Leone, Mozambique, Senegal, Congo DR
and Congo Brazzaville as well as in the key global financial centres of New
York, London and Paris.
The multicultural
diversity of the UBA group was on full display as board chairmen and the
managing directors of the UBA subsidiaries in all its 18 countries of
operations outside Nigeria were also present at the event.
There were 16
different categories of awards given out to staff, business offices, country
subsidiaries and strategic business units on the night. Specific areas covered
by the awards include; profitability, deposit growth in Nigeria and Africa,
most improved country or regional bank in mobilization, digital banking
adoption, customer service, compliance rating and support services.
But the highlight of
the awards was the “GMD’s Special Award” for a staff that has performed
exceptionally in his or her assigned duties in 2015. This is an award won by
the best of the best in the UBA Group and the staff must have displayed a
positive attitude to work and colleagues, maturity in handling the bank’s
internal and external customers, commitment, knowledge of the bank’s operations
and offerings, integrity, which is a core value of the bank and a high level of
productivity.
The night also
experienced high level performance from Nigeria’s top musical stars. Staff took
to the dance floor as they experienced back to back electrifying performances
from the Alert Master, Koredo Bello, Koko Master, De Banj, the gorgeous Yemi
Alade, as well as a sensational Dr Sid.
Also on stage to crack
the ribs of the audience with jokes was “Basket Mouth.” This was a night of
intense fun as staff danced and laughed for a greater part of the night without
any consideration for the stress that usually comes with their job.
Speaking during the
awards ceremony, Phillips Oduoza, Group Managing Director and CEO of UBA Plc
described the UBA CEO awards as the most exciting event in UBA operational
calendar.
“This is the night we
honour members of our staff who have come to represent everything we stand for
as an organization. The staff, departments and business units that receive
awards this night are hardworking, articulate and always willing to go the
extra mile to achieve the targets we set for ourselves at the beginning of
every financial year as a bank” Oduoza said.
United Bank for Africa
Plc (UBA) is one of Africa’s leading financial institutions, with operations in
19 African countries and 3 global financial centres: London, Paris and New
York.
From a single country
operation founded in 1949 in Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, UBA has emerged
as a pan-African provider of banking and other financial services, to more than
10 million customers, through close to 1000 branches and touch points globally.
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