More than six thousand executives have been asked to resign from the banking industry in the last three months and it appears as if there is no end to this matter as fresh one thousand people were advised to resign from Bank PHB. There are two ways to interpret this scenario (no matter the side of the divide you fall); either you blame the CBN governor, the erstwhile bank CEOs and/or the present management team or you simply blame yourself. The latter is one of the hardest things to do but it is actually the pathway to self growth and true freedom. Rewind to pre-Sanusi era where bank executives were literarily jumping from one bank to the other for promotions and increase emoluments, I doubt it would cross the minds of these executives that the axe would fall in their industry soon.

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One story that keeps coming to mind is the widow of Zarephath and her ability to give out her last meal to a man she hardly knew. This particular story was strongly impressed on my mind during a financially tight month in my life – no profit (infact it was a loss) for that month so I deluded myself into believing that it automatically equaled no tithe. Oh was I shocked during one of my family routine prayers that I was prompted by the Holy Spirit to give far more than I had been giving on a monthly basis (don't mind me; the salary habit is still in me). On a serious note, this was a struggle for me; «how can I tithe on a loss and to make it worse (or should I say better), I was expected to give five times my average?»

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Freedom is a concept that I am very interested in and like I have mentioned in my earlier posts, freedom has nothing do with being self-employed; you could be gainfully employed and be at a higher level of freedom than someone who is self-employed. You may read my earlier article; «Before you leave that job» to get a good grasp of what I am saying. One of the major words associated with freedom is independence (from external stimuli like person, organization, etc). The less you depend on the external body, the freer you have become.

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These are definitely two words that scare the living day light out of almost every executive although endearing words have been cooked up to replace them – from downsizing to laying off. The effect is the same; the fact that some group of people that wanted you suddenly found you repulsive for whatever reason (I don't think the victims care). Last year December alone, more than 5, 000 bank executives were relieved of their jobs and if the bank drama continues, more bank executives would feel the impact of the axe.

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