Zenith Bank, a leading financial giant in Africa has called on youths and children in Nigeria to imbibe the culture of saving.
The bank disclosed that the campaign was in tandem with the sustained sensitization of the Central Bank of Nigeria on financial inclusion of all economic classes in the country. It added that it had developed specialized products which will cater for the different categories of customers including children and youths.
“Consequently, the bank has developed special products to help children and youths to begin to imbibe the culture of savings and investment. Some of these products include Zenith Children Account (ZECA), Zenith integrated Account, classic and platinum savings accounts”, the bank stated.
Austin Njoko, general manger, Zenith Bank plc, Southeast/South south regions, who revealed this in Aba, the commercial nerve centre of Abia State, at the maiden edition of the Child Youth Finance Fair/Exhibition, organised by the bank in conjunction with the CBN, applauded the apex bank for initiating the programme, which according to him would deepen financial inclusion in the country.
He said that the bank had used the opportunity provided by the programme to help improve society by “equipping these young ones the very element of financial and money management and promised to continue to partner CBN to sustain it”.
Njoko, who represented Godwin Emefiele, managing director/ chief executive officer of Zenith Bank plc, at the event, taught selected students of Abayi Girls Secondary School, Aba, its adopted school, a module of a Financial Literacy curriculum, specially designed by Junior Achievement Nigeria- a non-governmental organisation for the programme.
