Teacher wins SG-Ghana 'Power of 250 Re-loaded' promotion

Societe Generale-Ghana, on Friday held its grand draw for the “Power of 250 Re-loaded” with the ultimate prize of GH¢125,000.00 going to Suleman Zachariah, a teacher of the Islamic Senior High School (SHS) in Kumasi. He saves with the Adum branch of the bank.

Ruben Larbi-Duodo of the Accra main branch and Benjamin Amanor of the Madina branch won GH¢ 30,000. 00 and GH¢ 10,000.00 respectively.

There were consolation prizes for other winners which included Electric Kettles, Blenders, Microwave Ovens, a 150 Liter Refrigerator, a twin tab Washing machine, a 32 inch LED digital television set and a Samsung galaxy S5 mobile phone.

The draw, supervised by an official from the National Lottery Authority, marked the end of two successful phases of the Bank's campaign to reward customers from May 27 to August 22, and September 15 to December 14.

Suleman who was not present when the draw was held shouted in ecstasy when he was told about the good news on phone.

He said he had always thought such promotions were for the affluent in the society who could afford to deposit huge sums of monies into their accounts.

“Though I was depositing with the hope of winning the ultimate prize I did not believe it was possible,” he revealed.

Suleman Zachariah commended the Bank for being genuine, generous and loyal to its customers, and encouraged the public to cultivate the habit of savings to help them in times of difficulties.

Managing Director, SG-Ghana, Gilbert Hie said the draw is part of the bank's commitment to become a relationship-focused bank by reacting to the demands of customers.

“We at Societie Generale-Ghana believe in team spirit so we work hand in hand with our esteemed customers in order to achieve our unique goal of making it the bank of the 21st century focused on customer satisfaction.”

Mr. Gilbert Hie congratulated all the winners and those who participated in the promotion and urged them to maintain the culture of saving for a guaranteed future. Story by Ghana/Adomonline.com/Adwoa Gyasiwaa