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<\/p>\nCustomers of UT Bank at Koforidua in the Eastern Region have besieged the bank’s premises following the takeover by GCB Bank.<\/p>\n
Over 60 customers of the Bank gathered outside the building, demanding access into the banking hall.<\/p>\n
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[contextly_sidebar id=”Otl9KjnTa2wGIzgpBw5YdLDyXtBRXtYC”]According to them, they had arrived at the Bank, which should have been open for business at 1 pm, per a directive from the Bank of Ghana, only to find it closed.<\/p>\n
The situation frustrated some of the customers who expressed their discontent to\u00a0Citi News’<\/strong> Eastern Regional Correspondent Neil Nii Amatey Kanarku.<\/p>\n He reported that several police\u00a0men were at the scene to ensure the situation didn’t escalate.<\/p>\n One customer stated that he would cancel his account with the Bank as he did not like GCB Bank who had taken over the Bank.<\/p>\n “I wanted to cash money from their ATMs recently, I tried about three of them but none of them worked. When I heard the news this morning, I marvelled because I knew UT Bank was always sitting on a time-bomb. I came to withdraw money to pay my workers but it’s not open. I’m very frustrated. I’m not going to put in any more\u00a0cheques here. I don’t like GCB Bank, that’s why I left so I’m going to close my account,” one customer said.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Other customers who spoke to Citi News<\/strong> stated that\u00a0<\/strong>despite the bank’s challenges, they had no intention to stop saving there.<\/p>\n “I saw the news on Social Media. It’s nothing bad, it’s normal. This is not a bank closing down, it’s being taken over by another bank. The media needs to educate the people. People are creating unnecessary panic,” a customer of the bank said.<\/p>\n “I was embarrassed when I heard the news. I’m here to withdraw money because I need it but no, I’m not closing my account with the bank,” another customer added.<\/p>\n![\"utkoforidua2\"](\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/UTKoforidua2.jpg\")
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