The fuel scarcity continues to hit hard at the economy, with media houses and telecoms providers all feeling the brunt of the scarcity.
It has now claimed its first scalp of the banking sector, with Guaranty Trust Bank informing customers that the lack of fuel has begun to take its toll.
In a notice sent to customers, the bank announced that in order to extend the length of their reserves, all their branches would close from 1pm as of Monday, 25th of May, 2015.
The message sent to its customers below reads:
Dear Customer,
Notice of Early Closure of Branches
The current shortage of petroleum products in the country has limited our ability to supply diesel to all our branches, in order to continue normal branch operations.
Due to this, we unavoidably have to close our branches nationwide at 1pm, from tomorrow Monday, 25th May 2015.
Whilst we have had to take this step to close branch operations early, we would like to seek your understanding at this time, and assure you that we will continue to work hard at finding alternative solutions to this situation and will advise you once the situation has abated.
We sincerely apologise for every inconvenience this might cause you and thank you for banking with us.
The bank however stated that e-branches, ATMs, and internet banking services would remain fully functional.
