The Managing Director/Chief Govt Officer of Unity Bank Plc, Mr. Ebenezer Kolawole, has renewed the Bank’s name for younger Nigerians to embrace a financial savings tradition, urging them to see financial savings as a lifelong self-discipline for creating stability and monetary resilience.
Mr. Kolawole gave the cost whereas addressing college students of Alvana Mannequin Secondary School, Owerri, Imo State, as a part of the monetary literacy coaching organized by the Bank to mark this 12 months’s World Financial savings Day.
Represented by Mr. William Odigie, Unity Bank’s Zonal Head, South East/South South, Mr. Kolawole reaffirmed Unity Bank’s dedication to deepening monetary inclusion amongst younger Nigerians because it joined world establishments to commemorate this 12 months’s World Financial savings Day, themed “Past Financial savings – Constructing Monetary Resilience.”
The Bank participated in nationwide Monetary Literacy Coaching periods held concurrently throughout the nation, an initiative led by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Bankers’ Committee, Deposit Cash Banks and Junior Achievement Nigeria, geared toward enhancing monetary inclusion and equipping younger individuals with important cash administration expertise.
Talking throughout the coaching, Mr. Kolawole pressured that “financial savings is foundational to monetary planning, monetary administration and funding, and due to this fact the Youth should imbibe the tradition of financial savings not simply as mere monetary exercise, however to allow them to create monetary safety and independence in the long term”.
He famous that Unity Bank continues to prioritise monetary literacy initiatives as a result of early publicity to cash administration helps younger individuals mitigate uncertainties and financial shocks that will hinder their capability to assembly targets.
The coaching periods, facilitated by Unity Bank employees throughout a number of states, uncovered college students to sensible classes on budgeting, monetary targets and seminar lessons and workshops.
World Financial savings Day, celebrated yearly on October 31, promotes the significance of financial savings as a cornerstone of financial resilience. In Nigeria, Deposit Cash Banks collaborate with the CBN and associate organisations to ship coaching programmes that equip college students with lifelong monetary expertise.
Unity Bank’s participation displays its ongoing dedication to supporting youth growth and strengthening the monetary literacy ecosystem throughout the nation.