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CONFERENCE -MANAGERS- (with picture)
Ensuring pro-farmers banking services stressed
RAJSHAHI, Dec 12, 2019 (BSS)- Zonal managers and others
stakeholders of the Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB)
were urged to ensure farmers-friendly banking services
for boosting the grassroots economy.
Speakers viewed this while addressing a daylong half-
yearly performance evaluation meeting of all the zonal
managers and others concerned at the training institute
of the bank in Rajshahi today.
They also called for speeding up farmers-level lending
activities for boosting agricultural production to meet
the national food demand.
“ All credit programmes of the bank should be need
based -oriented and emphasis should be given on taking
the services to the farmers’ doorsteps to achieve the
objective.
Chairman of the bank’s board of directors Nazrul Islam
addressed the conference as the chief guest while its
Managing Director AKM Sazedur Rahman and Deputy Managing
Director Muhammad Idrish attended as special guests.
General Manager of Rajshahi Division Azizul Islam Sarker
presided over the meeting while General Managers
Engineer Mofizul Haque and Towhida Khatun also addressed
the meeting.
Chief guest Nazrul Islam urged the branch managers to
discharge their duties with utmost sincerity and honesty
to speed up the ongoing farmers-level lending
activities.
‘There is no alternative to making all credit
programmes need based oriented and time-befitting”, he
said.
Nazrul Islam urged the participants to promote
different innovative ideas for making the banking
services more client-friendly.
“You have to supplement the government efforts for
boosting the agricultural production, development of the
farmer’s livelihood along with ensuring food security,”
he added.
Senior bankers in the meeting also laid special
emphasis on bringing all existing potential sectors and
sub-sectors of agriculture under both qualitative and
quantitative financing for making the country’s
northwest region economically vibrant.
They said that pro-farmers banking must be ensured to
achieve the desired development of the region after the
best use of its existing natural resources.
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