On March 12, 2015, Citibank Nigeria Limited joined the rest of the
world to commemorate the annual Global Money Week. The event held at
Aunty Ayo Girls’ Comprehensive Senior Secondary School, Lagos and
featured a fully interactive session on financial literacy, titled
‘Growing Your Money’.
The programme focused on educating Nigeria’s youth about the economic
environment whilst impressing upon them the importance of saving,
entrepreneurship and financial value creation. The event was organised
in partnership with Junior Achievements of Nigeria (JAN), a financial
education non- governmental organisation. Nneka Enwereji, executive
director and head of global subsidiaries group, Citibank Nigeria
Limited, was at the event to deliver a lecture on financial education.
While speaking at the occasion, Enwereji encouraged the students of
Aunty Ayo Girls’ Secondary School to be accountable for their financial
health by prioritising their needs over their wants. She also stressed
the necessity for the students to be financially aware and empowered to
save and make monetary decisions. Also present at the occasion was
Junior Achievement’s programme officer, Efe Adefulu, who further
reiterated to the students on the importance of saving.
In addressing the girls, Adefulu expounded on the significance of
financial literacy to the fiscal independence and economic
sustainability of Nigeria.
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