By Amin Kef Sesay
Following the fumigation of all its branches across Sierra Leone in a bid to curtail the spread and prevention of COVID-19, the Deputy Managing Director of the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank (SLCB), Bockarie Kalokoh underscored the fact that SLCB is the safest bank for customers.
The Deputy Managing Director reiterated that the fumigation of its facilities is a precautionary measure against the coronavirus and in ensuring that their customers do not contract the disease when accessing their facilities nationwide.
He furthered that the fumigation of their facilities done by Mr. Klin, a cleaning agency contracted by the Bank, is to complement the efforts of President Julius Maada Bio and his Government in taking proactive measures in the fight against the disease.
Apart of the proactive precautionary measures taken as a Bank to prevent their valuable and loyal customers and the country at large in all its branches across the country, he said SLCB is playing its part again in engaging the public to prevent themselves from the disease.
He further reiterated that “prevention is key, Corona virus is real, prevent the spread of corona, wash your hands regularly with soap and water, practice social distancing and avoid hand shaking.”
“Adhering to the precautionary measures, together we say NO TO CORONAVIRUS,” he averred. He called on all to adhere to the directives of the President and the Ministry responsible for the fight against the spread of the coronavirus in the country.
Everyone could attest to the fact that the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank (SLCB), the innovative and profit making financial institution f was the first public institution to have taken a giant step in embarking on sensitization and awareness raising on the precautionary measures against the spread of coronavirus.
The Bank demonstrated exemplary leadership as the Big Brother in the financial sector undertook series of street parades with stickers carrying messages of preventive measures from the Ministry of Health and Sanitation as well as the global health body, the World Health Organization.
