By Solomon T Gaye
Reports emanating from Ganta say the management team of Trust Saving Credit Union, which allegedly went into hiding over the abrupt closure of the bank, after being burglarized, has resurfaced in Ganta, Nimba County.
Speaking to aggrieved customers over the weekend in Deakehmehn community, board chairman, Jerry Klee, disclosed the reopening of the bank on August 15, 2023, in Ganta city, Nimba County.
According to Klee, the bank has set-up a new, acting management team to run the affairs and access the facility that will lead to full operation, to pay back customers’ money and go after delinquent customers that were given loans prior to the burglary.
The Trust Saving Credit Union was established to help provide loans to people that are engaged mostly in farming activities, with branches in Ganta, Tappita, and Karnplay.
The bank was opened during the second term of former president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, under the supervision of Central Bank former governor, Mills Jones.
Before the burglary which led to the disappearance of the management, it was one of the most farmer-friendly banks, with a huge customer base in the three aforementioned branch areas.
Since the burglary of the Credit Union and loss of an undisclosed amount, there has been no official press statement regarding the customers’ money or the whereabouts of the management team.
However, they have been under severe pressure from the aggrieved customers to account for the money, threatening demonstrations and protests in demand of their money.
Speaking on the same issue, Board Chairman Klee appealed to said customers to bear a little patience, on grounds that plans are underway to pay back all customers who were doing business with the bank.
Speaking on behalf of the aggrieved customers at the program, Titus Nenwah frowned at the management team for the disappointment, frustration, inconvenience, and disgrace encountered with the bank during their operation in the county.
According to Nenwah, the action of the management team led to some of the customers writing formal complaints to JPC, County Administrations, and Nimba Legislative Caucus, among others.
“The bank frustrated us in so many ways and even caused some of our farmers to die of heartbreak,” the aggrieved spokesman disclosed.
