Collapsed mast: we can’t renege from fixing the damaged Methodist church property in Calabar -Bank MD

From Ene Asuquo, Calabar

The Management of Ekondo Microfinance Bank has said that the bank can’t renege from fixing the damaged property of the Methodist church Nigeria, Ikot Omin Eno Abasi Circuit, caused by a collapsed mast.

The Bank management said that they can’t be insensitive to the plight of the church, especially after the telecommunication mast of the bank collapsed on the manse of the minister in charge of the Church.

The Managing director of the bank, Mr. Austin Agbesoyin who spoke to newsmen at the corporate headquarters of the bank, Murtala Mohammed Highway Calabar, said that the bank is ready to fix back the damaged property of the
church.

The Nations News Nigeria reports that the bank’s mast Crashed and destroyed Methodist Church Manse at 8 Miles Calabar.

The MD, Agbesoyin said: “We are mindful of our corporate social responsibility. We were there to inspect the place, were about doing all of those things before we were stopped.

“It’s not as if we were lackadaisical about the whole thing. We had an intention to restore the damage within 24 hours, so that the minister in-charge can begin to use that place, but we were stopped.

“Our insurance company got there for them to assess the extent of the damage so that they can fund it, but were stopped by the church.

“Our intention was to put that place back in shape, but we were surprised by the reaction of the church. We were surprised that they went to the press.

“We have had meetings with them twice. As I speak nothing is happening in our branch bank. Our staff at the 8 miles branch had just been there directing customers to our head office.

“Apart from the lost integrity, the branch had so far lost about N200m. We gave the bishop bill of quantity by certified engineers who were eager to fix the damage within one week, but they refused. What they don’t understand is that, they are unaware that we too had lost
something. It’s the reason we have been in a hurry to fix the damage property.

“They have gone to the scene of incident and done their assessment, and eager to fix the damage, but church refused. We were ready to fix the structure for them and they said they don’t want it” The MD lamented