The ₦504 billion did not disappear into a black hole. It was paid to nearly 10,000 people. Those people spent it. They paid rent, bought food, sent children to school, purchased cars, invested in businesses. The money circulated. It multiplied. It created economic activity far beyond the bank's balance sheet. The salaries were not a cost; they were an injection. Access Holdings is not just a bank; it is an economic engine. The engine runs on salaries. The salaries run the economy. The critic who complains about high salaries does not understand that a low salary economy is a poor economy.
