In line with its enriching lives
proposition and renewed commitment to promoting financial literacy among
students, Sterling Bank Plc recently trained over 17,000 secondary
school students across the country on the key fundamentals of financial
literacy and re-enforcing the need to encourage savings culture among
the youth.
The exercise, which was in commemoration
of the 2017 Financial Literacy Day was aimed at promoting financial
literacy in Nigeria.
The bank’s Managing Director and Chief
Executive, Mr. Yemi Adeola, led the senior management team of the bank
that took part in the exercise as he taught students of United Community
School, Ilorin. He also gave out various gift items including IPads and
other branded items to outstanding students who took part in the
exercise.
Other locations where the bank was
adequately represented included Kwara State, Taraba State, Zamfara
State, Abia State, and Ondo State. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had
mandated each bank to teach in five schools per state selected from
each of the six geo-political zones, making a total of 30 schools per
bank.
The bank however took a step further in
line with its purpose of enriching lives by extending the programme to
schools in Lagos, Osun, Oyo, Kogi, Benue, and Kaduna. Others are Niger,
Enugu, Anambra, Edo, Jos and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja ahead
of competition.
Copies of the revised edition of its two
books on financial literacy; ‘My Little Money Book’ and ‘FUND$’ and
other corporate gift items such as school bags and other writing
materials were distributed free to students. Students with exceptional
performance during the exercise went home with iPads.
The bank CEO noted that the financial
literacy day is also in line with the lender’s “One Education”
initiative to further consolidate the strategic focus of the Bank on
education and commitment to youth empowerment and development.
Adeola explained the bank took the
decision to expand the coverage beyond the scope assigned to it by the
CBN in order to reach out to more students and teach them how to imbibe
the culture of financial management at a young age.
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