Sterling Bank Emerges Overall Best Workplace in Nigeria

Nume Ekeghe

Sterling Bank Limited, has again emerged as the 2023 Overall Best Workplace in Nigeria in the large corporate category awards organised by the Great Place to Work  (GPTW).

Since 2020, the Bank has continued to win the overall best workplace award of the GPTW.

According to the organisers of the award, the bank emerged first Best Place to Work in the large corporate category, Best in Promoting People Leadership Practices in the large category, and the Best in Promoting Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives in the large category.

In a statement, the Chairman of Sterling Bank, Mr. Asue Ighodalo said: “Now, more than ever in the life of our country, we must create an environment that enables an inclusive and consistent growth rate of over seven percent year-on-year to emerge from our present economic and social predicament.”

Describing himself as an apostle of and a firm believer in private sector-led growth, Ighodalo noted that creative, disciplined, innovative, and efficient organisations, manned by visionary, selfless, hardworking, satisfied and passionate people will catalyse the growth of the national economy.

“Rising at dawn and working till dusk each day, are the men and women who drive these organisations,” he said, adding that “for the organisations to thrive and sustain themselves, these men and women must be happy at work, passionate about their work, well trained, healthy, mentally balanced, fairly treated, motivated, appreciated, comparatively well rewarded and respected, ”he said.

He said employers have a duty to ensure that employees work in an environment and with people who enable outstanding performance.

According to him, the world changed significantly in the last five years and the change has greatly affected employees’ attitude to work, their ways of working, the reasons they work, their organisational loyalty and where they work from.