Speakers in a banking related review meeting asked the branch managers of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) to speed up its farmers-level lending activities for boosting agricultural production to meet up the national food demand.
They said all the credit programmes of the bank should be need-oriented and emphasis should be given on reaching banking services to the farmers’ doorsteps.
They were addressing a daylong performance evaluation meeting of all the 42 branch managers and others concerned in Rajshahi and Chapainawabgonj districts of the bank held in Simante Obokash conference hall in Rajshahi on Sunday.
Chairman of RAKUB board of directors Nazrul Islam and Managing Director Kazi Alamgir addressed the conference as chief and special guests respectively with General Manager Rafiqul Alam Chowdhury in the chair.
Zonal Managers Rafiqul Islam and Md Afsaruzzaman and divisional audit officer Nazmul Haque also spoke. The speakers laid stress on bringing all the existing potential sectors and sub-sectors of agriculture and its processing under qualitative and quantitative financing for making the country’s northwest region economically vibrant. They said the pro-farmers banking in the bank must be ensured for cherished development of the region after the best use of its existing natural resources.
Chief guest Nazrul Islam urged the branch managers to perform duties with utmost sincerity and honesty to speed up the ongoing farmers-level lending activities.
Quality banking and lending activities could be effective means of boosting agricultural production to meet the gradually increasing food demand in the country.
“So, there is no alternative to making all the credit programmes need-oriented and time-befitting. Emphasis should be given on reaching banking services to the farmers’ doorsteps collectively,” he said.
