About 1,044 Nigerians across the country, emerged winners at the quarterly, Senior citizens and women's draws of the DiamondXtraSeason 11 reward scheme held in Lagos.

Speaking shortly after receiving his Education allowance prize cheque for five years, Mark Okpala said: 'I feel super happy and excited; I never saw this coming. All I kept doing all these years was to top myDiamondXtra Savings account which I started with N5000 few years ago.

'I constantly topped it with bigger amounts which as a result made me richer today. I want to say a big thank you to Access Bank, I also want to encourage other Nigerians, especially my fellow businessmen to partake in this initiative because this bank ends up making their customers happy. I can assure you that with these funds, my children's education will progress to a whole new level'

Some of the winners who were presented with their cash prizes were Mr. Gabriel Nwakwe, who won N1 million rent for a year; Mr, Ahmed Abimbola, who won N1 million while Mrs. Amaka Patience Ajuluchu, Dr. Yinsua Ahmed, Oladeinde Sule and Mrs. Vivian Oyebukwa and Jidai John, all won N500,000 respectively.

Speaking on the sidelines of the event, the Head Retail Products, Access Bank Mr. Robert Giles said: 'DiamondXtra has been running for 11 years and in that 11 years, we have grown every year.

'The prize fund and the number of prizes has grown every year.

'And at the last decade, we have given out over N5 billion in prizes to over 20,000 beneficiaries and last year over 4000 beneficiaries.'

The Group Head Consumer Banking Access Bank, Mrs. Adaeze Umeh, said: 'Season 12 is even going to be much bigger because we have gotten feedbacks from our customers to know what they want to see in season.'

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