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FCMB Adetokumbo Ademola Branch fire alert: Commercial activities run as usual

By on July 22, 2013

The Adetokunbo Ademola branch of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Plc at Victoria Island in Lagos opened to customers on Monday, July 22 and full banking activities were offered. This is coming after last weekend’s minor fire incident which the Lagos State Fire Service Men immediately checked. The incident, which occurred in the evening of Saturday, July 20, was confirmed to have been caused by a power surge which affected an unused room and a part of an open space used for in-house training on the first floor but without any damage to other important items within the office structure and other facilities in the premises.

A visit to the branch on Monday showed that activities were in full swing as customers were seen transacting their businesses, while staff of the bank attended to them. Technicians were also seen carrying out renovation work on the touched area.

Officers from the Lagos State Fire Service were reported to have stepped in immediately they were alerted when some smoke was noticed to have begun to come from a locked office and they quickly came around curtailed the incident before it could spread. They were supported by staff of the bank who arrived the scene immediately to ensure that there was no damage. Except for the damaged furniture, no technical or structural component of the office was lost.

Speaking on the development, the Divisional Head, Human Resources and Change Management of FCMB, Felicia Obozuwa, said that, “we are glad that the incident was promptly curtailed and the branch also opened immediately to service customers”. She added that, “the bank is planning strategic improvements to ensure such an incident does not happen again here or any of our branches”.

Corroborating this, a staff of the bank, who gave his name as Chris, said that all was done over the weekend to ensure that the electric wiring, ICT equipment, ATMs and other facilities were up for use before Monday. The Banking Hall, first and second floors, which house Transaction Banking and Corporate Banking, are also in use they were not affected in any way. The Private Banking Suite, and the space occupied by the branch’s sales staff were also not affected and customers as well as staff were sighted in these areas carrying out their transactions and duties unhindered.

FCMB is a full service banking group with the vision ‘to be the premier financial services group of African origin’. From its early origins in investment banking as City Securities Limited in 1977, the bank has evolved to emerge as one of the leading financial services institutions in Nigeria and one of the top eight lenders in the country. The bank recently transformed into a Holding Company under the name FCMB Group Plc.