Banks to close early ahead of governorship, assembly polls

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Commercialbanks in Nigeria have announced they will be closing early today ahead of the governorship polls holding nationwide on Saturday.

In notices issued by banks to their customers, the banks said they would be closing earlier than their 4:00 pm official closing time. They, however, advised their customers to make use of their alternative banking channels including USSD, and mobile apps.

Stanbic IBTC, for instance in an email addressed informed that our branches will close by 1pm on Friday, 17 March 2023.

Our Customer Contact Centres will also not be available on Saturday, 18 March and Sunday, 19 March 2023 because of the scheduled elections. Kindly use our alternative channels to carry out transactions this weekend”.

First Bank in its notice told customers said,  “Kindly be informed that our branches nationwide will close to customers earlier than usual on Friday.

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