As part of
efforts to support the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Financial Literacy Day, which
marks the Global Money Week, Heritage Bank Plc empowered 5, 544 (pupils and
teachers) in 11 secondary schools across the country.
The CBN’s Financial
Literacy Day is a globally celebrated event to promote savings, drive Financial
Inclusion, invariably gain a higher standard of life and secure the economy,
which is the crux of the Bank’s financial literacy programs.
For the fifth year running, Heritage Bank has
successfully commemorated the CBN Financial Literacy Day.
This year, CBN directed
Heritage Bank to adopt schools in Benue, Adamawa, Jigawa, Plateau, Imo, Bayelsa
and Ogun States for Financial Literacy workshop and the day afforded 5, 544
participants (teachers and students) with financial education. The workshop was premised on the Global Money Week theme:
#MoneyMattersMatter. Students and teachers were taught several concepts
including; the role and management of
money, needs and wants, benefit of budgeting, spending and savings.
Whilst, others include
savings with a financial institution, the basics of financial education and
Heritage Bank savings product for young persons (Bud Account). Addressing some of the participants, the CEO/MD of
Heritage Bank, Ifie Sekibo reiterated the importance for young Nigerians to
financially and economically equipped for the development of the nation.
According to him, Nigerian
youths and those around the world need to be fortified economically via
financial literacy knowledge acquisition, which will foster the importance of
understanding savings culture and entrepreneurship. In line with its mission to create, preserve and transfer
wealth across generations, Sekibo said Heritage Bank developed the HB Bud
Savings Account to help its customers to create wealth for the children and
provide them a future of financial independence.
“As a bank committed to
creating, preserving and transferring wealth from one generation to the next,
we have consistently maintained our position as the leading brand in financial
inclusion initiatives by leveraging on CBN’s mandate to impact schools across
the geopolitical zones and improve financial inclusion,” the MD reiterated.
According to him, opening a
savings account for a child is one of the best ways to introduce him/her to
that concept of saving at an early age.
He explained that one of
the ways the bank has continued to promote savings amongst children is the
introduction of “My day as a banker” which is also the Heritage Bank’s unique
way of promoting financial literacy among children, which is the core of the HB
Bud Savings Account, specially designed to promote savings habit among children
and youths.
Meanwhile, other senior
employees of the bank visited other select schools in the country as directed
by the apex bank to promote financial literacy. According
to Heritage Bank, today’s children and youth should become empowered economic
citizens, capable of understanding the importance of saving, and equipped with
the skills to be employed and create their own livelihoods. The bank wants
young people to learn to manage their money wisely.
By empowering children and
youth, Heritage Bank can help them create a positive wave that will expand from
themselves, to their families, to entire communities and the economy at large.
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