UBA Banking School grad: "Good Morning TONY" Tony Elumelu: "You won't call me Tony. You'll call me Mr. Elumelu. I don't subscribe to that kind of oyibo life." Video of young lady who addressed Tony Elumelu by his first name has sparked reactions online. "This girl was not entirely wrong, she just l@cked s£nse. I went through the same UBA GMAP she went through and was taught to call our colleagues by their first name.
Yes, they will even give you an example and say the GMD is your colleague, so you can call him by his first name, but this is Africa. She went and called her chairman by name: "Good morning, Tony." That's too bad. You will never find anyone calling his superior by name. While I was working with the same UBA as a Cash Officer, even those older than me were calling me "Oga Innocent," not just Innocent.
Her biggest mistake was lack of exposure and the desire to appear different and audacious, thinking it would give her favour. During this kind of graduation, a lot of people got lucky, and what they did during the graduation ceremony influenced their posting. I feel that was what she wanted, to appear audacious, but then it backfired. It was simple, why didn't she follow the format everyone else was following?
Instead, she decided to call the chairman by name. This man is old enough to be your father, even if he said you should call him by name, your home training should not allow that. She should have read the room, this is Africa. But which kind ogogoro she drank... Kai... Las las, we all go dey alright…." — A former United Bank for Africa (UBA) staff member reacted to the viral incident involving a UBA Banking School graduate who addressed the bank's chairman, Tony Elumelu, by his first name.
