A spare parts dealer in the Sabongari area of Kano State, Augustine Chijioke and Joseph Otorkpa, a retired Chief Accountant at the Supreme Court Abuja, the nation’s capital, have emerged millionaires in the ongoing New Sterling Plus Cash Reward Scheme, Season Two.
They were not the only ones smiling to the bank this season, as Rev. George Bako and Yakubu Bashir were also N500,000 richer. They were selected via an electronic raffle draw held at Sterling Bank’s Corporate Head Office in Lagos and attended by representatives from the National Lottery Commission (NLRC) and the Consumer Protection Council (CPC).
According to the bank, 30 customers had won N100,000 each, while 289 others had been rewarded with the sum of N50,000 each for their participation in the promo to date.
In the first season of the promo, the bank paid out a total of over N40 million. Five customers of the bank won N1 million each, six won N500,000 each, 70 others became N100,000 richer, while 579 customers went home with the sum of N50,000 each.
Chijioke, who could not hide his joy at the presentation of the prize money, commended the bank for fulfilling its promise of rewarding customer loyalty, adding that “this will remain memorable to me as long as I live, as this will be a great support to my business”.
He added: “One can best imagine what is happening to me because this can only be God. I found it very difficult to believe the news when I got a call from Sterling Bank that I had won N1 million. In fact, I could not rejoice, I was just calm. I was still in doubt until this was reconfirmed to me when I got to my branch. I thank Sterling Bank for this gesture and assure that I will remain a good ambassador of the brand.”
In the same vein, Mr. Bashir, who went home with N500,000, said the gesture will go a long way to reinforcing customers’ confidence in the bank and lead to increased patronage. “Sterling Bank has fulfilled its promise to enrich the lives of its customers and on behalf of other winners I want to say a big thank you to Sterling Bank,” he said.