Members of the National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees, (NUBIFIE) are set to embark on total showdown in the sector to protect their jobs.

President of NUBIFIE, Danjuma Musa who disclosed this during an interview with newsmen yesterday in Ilorin, Kwara state said that over 1,000 members of the union have lost their jobs in just two banks.

He alleged that their colleagues in those two banks lost their jobs to an unfair process.

Musa disclosed that NUBIFIE was only awaiting the intervention of the Presidency on the issue before "taking all the lawful means including calling out members on strike actions," to redress "the wrongful sack."

He argued that Union Bank Nigeria Limited and the Mainstream Bank were most guilty of the development.

Musa, who was in Ilorin along with members of the national executive council of the union to attend a workshop on "Strategic Roles of Trade Unions Leadership in a Changing Environment" organised by Michael Imoudu National Institutes for Labour Studies, alleged that 820 of his members were sacked nationwide by the management of Mainstream Bank and another 420 by the Union Bank Nigeria Limited.

The NUBIFIE leader alleged that the workers were sacked in violation of due process including consultation with the NUBIFIE leaders "as specified in our agreement with the banks' management" or strict compliance with relevant sections of the labour law.