Mr.Bassey Albert Akpan doubles as the Akwa Ibom State commissioner for finance and chairman Inter-Ministerial Direct Labour Committee. He was the vice chairman of First City Monument Bank before his present office. In this interview he explains the mega projects of the administration and his confidence on the target dates for their inauguration. Excerpts

AS many Nigerians continue to react to the recent action by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on five commercial banks in the country, an appeal has gone the National Union of Banks and Financial Institutions Employees (NUBIFIE) to raise questions on the employment status of some of their members.

A CROSS section of customers and key stakeholders in Oceanic Bank International Plc have expressed their support for the bank’s new managing director, John Aboh and his management team for their repositioning efforts so as to sustain the bank’s leading position in the industry. They pledged their support at a special interactive meeting with the new Managing Director held in Abuja. The meeting is the first in the series lined up by the new Chief Executive to meet with key stakeholders in the bank.

BANKS generate revenue by granting credit facilities to customers for a number of purposes from projects (project finance), purchase of manufacturing equipment, import, export, property (mortgage), acquisitions/mergers, buying of shares (margin facility) to business start-up or expansion.

Sam Asekunowo, is the author of the book titled “The Power of Plan B”- The secret of today’s millionaires.