SunTrust Bank Debunks Claims of Inability to Pay Staff of National Assembly
SunTrust Bank has debunked claims that the bank failed to pay some staff of the National Assembly who protested non-payment of their salaries on Tuesday . It would be recalled that the protest by legislative aides was triggered by the death of Hassan Abiodun, an aide to the Deputy Speaker, Yusuf Suleiman as they blamed the death on non-payment of salaries. However, SunTrust on Wednesday debunked claim in some quarters that the bank has held on to their salaries without paying them. Executive Director, Finance and Risk Management of the Bank, Mr. Usman Abdulqadir, who briefed newsmen on behalf of the CEO, Mr. Muhammad Jibrin at the bank’s office in Lagos recently said the Bank had duly “executed all mandates given to it with respect to making payment on behalf of its customers promptly”. He said as banker to some National Assembly accounts, the Bank “has received the mandate to make payments to various beneficiaries and those payments have since been relayed, some via REMIT...