{"id":43938,"date":"2020-10-17T18:24:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-17T17:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=43938"},"modified":"2020-10-17T18:24:53","modified_gmt":"2020-10-17T17:24:53","slug":"ongoing-protests-first-bank-debunks-website-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/ongoing-protests-first-bank-debunks-website-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Ongoing Protests: First Bank Debunks Website Shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv6586936255MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"><b>CORPORATE STATEMENT<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6586936255MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv6586936255MsoNormal\">Our attention has been drawn to the tweet making the rounds on social media on shutting down the FirstBank website following a false tweet that the Bank prevented staff from joining the ongoing protests in the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6586936255MsoNormal\">As the largest banking institution in Nigeria, it is not unlikely that we may be seen as a target in circumstances such as these. This is rather unfortunate as we believe far reaching reform is necessary and we have said as much on a number of occasions across our platforms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6586936255MsoNormal\">In the process of change, some pain will be borne by all and some anger may well be misdirected. We understand this as a part of the process of the struggle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6586936255MsoNormal\">We have a large staff strength and an even larger customer base who may be affected by any disruption and this would be a pity as a number are also contributing in many ways to ensure that voices are heard and required action is taken.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p class=\"yiv6586936255MsoNormal\">We have been consistent in our message on the need to end all brutality and carry out necessary reforms. We will continue to lend our voice accordingly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6586936255MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv6586936255MsoNormal\">Signed<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6586936255MsoNormal\">FirstBank<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6586936255MsoNormal\">\n<\/p><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our attention has been drawn to the tweet making the rounds on social media on shutting down the FirstBank website following a false tweet that the Bank prevented staff from joining the ongoing protests in the country<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":24460,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[7617],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-43938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","tag-first-bank-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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