First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced that its customer has won the grand prize of the just concluded Western Union Mega Promo, which took place from July 24 to August 31, 2017.
The customer, Gabriel Osikoya, was presented with one of the brand new Hyundai cars offered as grand prize by Western Union on Friday.
The second phase of the promo commences on September 18, 2017 and is for customers who send money from Nigeria to over 200 countries and territories worldwide from any of the over 750 First Bank branches nationwide.
An elated Osikoya was thankful to First Bank for creating the platform through which he accessed his Western Union transfers.
Other First Bank customers also won 16 out of the 50 consolation prizes during the promo, representing 32 per cent of the available prizes won by First Bank customers.
The Bank said this reaffirms it as the leading Western Union money transfer operator in Nigeria.
FirstBank’s spokesperson, Folake Ani-Mumuney, reiterated the Bank’s commitment to provide safe, convenient and flexible means of funds transfer for customers all year round.
With Western Union, customers can conveniently receive money from abroad and send money from Nigeria to over 200 countries and territories worldwide.
Also, the new Account Payment Network recently added to the Western Union service allows customers send funds directly to bank accounts outside Nigeria using the outbound Western Union Service.
FirstBank is the first and biggest Western Union agent in Nigeria with ample capacity to cater for both inbound and outbound transfers.
The Western Union service is available at FirstBank branches during the week, at weekends as well as on public holidays at some dedicated branches.