Zenith Bank Plc ta fadakar da ƙarfin ƙasa da ƙasa tare da buɗe ofishin Zenith Bank (UK), Paris Branch. An gudanar da taron buɗe haka a ranar Alhamis a 21 Rue de la Paix, Paris, Faransa, kuma an yi shi ne ta hanyar Ministan Kudi da Ministan Tsare-tsare na Tattalin Arziki, Mr Wale Edun.
An bayyana cewa buɗe ofishin Zenith Bank, Paris, wanda shine reshen uwa na Zenith Bank (UK) Limited, wanda shine reshen kamfanin Zenith Bank Plc, ya nuna alama muhimmiya a cikin tsarin girma na duniya na bankin da kuma nuna alakar bankin da yanar gizon sa a yankin Turai.
A cikin jawabin farawa, Shugaba na Gudanarwa/Manajan Darakta na Zenith Bank, Adaora Umeoji, ta bayyana dalilin da ya sa bankin ya yanke shawarar zuwa Paris, inda ta ce, “Budewar ofishin Paris na wani bangare ne na tsarin bankin na yada ƙafafun sa a cikin manyan cibiyoyin kudi na duniya da kuma himmar bankin na biyan ayyukan kasuwancin abokan hulɗa.”
“Budewar ofishin Paris ya nuna bukatar sa a yi wa abokan hulɗa hidima da kuma karfafa hulɗar kasuwanci da kudi tsakanin abokan hulɗa a Faransa da wasu ƙasashe. Zenith Bank ta fadakar da ƙarfin ƙasa da ƙasa zuwa Faransa ne wani muhimmin aiki, domin Najeriya ta ke da kashi 20% na cinikayyar Faransa da Afirka ta Kudu da Sahara, a cewar Franco-Nigeria Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
“Bayan da muka yi nasara a yankin Anglophone Africa, za mu amfani da ayyukan Zenith Bank Paris don shugabanci kasuwar Francophone, farawa daga Ivory Coast da Cameroon inda za mu kafa wakilai nan gaba.”
An bayyana cewa hakan zai sa kasuwanci da hulɗar kudi tsakanin yankin Afirka da Faransa, wanda shi ne babban abokin kasuwanci ga ƙasashe da dama a Afirka.
A cikin maganarsa, Edun ya ce, “Ina ganin daya daga cikin ribar gina amana ga cibiyoyin Najeriya a duniya shi ne taron yau, budewar ofishin Zenith Bank a Paris. Shanuwanci na Zenith a nan zai iya taimakawa wajen karfafa amana a cikin al’ummar kasuwanci na Faransa. Zasu iya koyo game da damar Afirka, kuma shiga Najeriya zai zama sauki. Muna farin ciki kuma muna girma cewa mun zo shiga cikin wannan taron tarihi.”
Shugaban kungiyar Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, ya yi mubaya’a da bankin kan nasarar da ta samu. A bayyana imaninsa game da wannan aikin, ya ce, “Ina mubaya’a da Zenith Bank kan nasarar da ta samu ta hanyar buɗe ofishin a nan a Paris. Ina tabbatar muku, ba tare da irin su Zenith Bank da sauran bankunan Najeriya ba, ba mu zama inda muke yanzu ba, domin ba ƙasa ce ta iya girma ba tare da ɓangaren banki mai ƙarfi ba.”
