- Excitement as traders jostle for accounts’ opening
BY EDMOND ODOK – Unrelenting in the push for effective service delivery and financial inclusion drive, TAJBank Limited has added another feather to its cap with the opening of a new technology-powered branch in Wuse 2, Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
This latest development brings the leading non-interest bank’s growing branch network to 22 nationwide within its first two years of operations.
At the event that had scores of traders and small business owners jostling for business transactions with the bank, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Hamid Joda, said the Wuse 2 branch project aligns with the management’s strategy of deepening financial inclusion with banking products and services taken to millions of unbanked and underserved populace at the grassroots level.
According to Joda; “The opening of the new branch is to continue with our strategy of ensuring that we take the TAJBank brand to all the nooks and crannies of the country with the aim of addressing the service needs of our teeming customers.”
He further explained TAJBank’s people’s friendly disposition saying; “We understand that customers want to do business and sometimes someone to give them that advisory service they yearn for which in turn will help to address their financial challenges.”
Also speaking at the event, TAJBank Board Chairman, Alhaji Tanko Gwamma, said among TAJBank’s goals is increased visibility at the grassroots as part of its commitment to continuously add socio-economic value to the lives of ordinary Nigerians.
He said Wuse 2 ranks among promising locations in the nation’s capital with daily thriving businesses, adding that the idea “is to ensure that customers don’t suffer in their banking transactions as TAJBank will not only give them real-time service but also give them advice on how to grow their businesses.”
The expansion is coming on the heels of TAJBank’s recent report of a 433 percent rise in Profit Before Tax (PBT) for the 2021 financial year as well as significant growth in gross revenue, balance sheet, and other performance assessment indicators.
This is as the bank also plans to launch Nigeria’s first private sector Sukuk offering under its N100 billion programme.
