FirstBank lunches Youth Excel Series to empower undergraduates
February 21, 2013 20:08:44pm GMT
Mr. Bisi Onasanya, CEO, FirstBank
WorldStage
Newsonline-- First Bank Plc, one of the corporate organisation leading
the quest for empowering Nigerian Youths, Thursday unveiled its First
Bank Youth Excel series titled "Against All Odds".
Disclosing
this in Lagos at a media briefing, the bank said that the FirstBank
Youth Excel Series is targeted at Nigerian Youths in Federal Institution
across the nation is expected to kick off on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
at the University of Lagos and on Thursday, February 28 at the
University of Ibadan respectively.
The
event which aims to inspire, motivate and encourage the youth's in
spite of limitation and challenges will feature renowned motivational
speaker and author of the Best Selling Book "A set b back is a set up
for a comeback" by Willie Jolley.
According
to the bank, the need to enhance youth empowerment, entrepreneurship
and tackle some of the challenges faced by youths in their pursuit of
good education, research development, small and medium scale enterprise,
ICT and business acumen has motivated the bank's development of this
series, adding that this is the best way to reach the youths than
through our various citadels of learning.
Speaking
at the briefing, Head of Marketing and Corporate Communications, Mrs.
Folake Ani-Mumuney, said that the financial institution views its
interventions in the area of youth empowerment as an integral part of
its corporate responsibility projects.
Her
words: "At First Bank, our Ultimate goal is to remain a strong
supporter of efforts geared towards equipping the youths with the skills
and tools required for socioeconomic empowerment through our support of
youth engagement initiatives, endowment schemes and infrastructure
development.
"Our
desire is to see our strategic and need- driven youth empowerment
interventions culminate in equipping Nigeria youths for a bright
future."
Also,
Head, Human Capital Management and Development, Ayo Jaiyesimi, said
that “this series is one of the intervention of the Bank to promote
youth empowerment and to encourage undergraduates to take advantage of
the event and get acquitted with the bank's dynamic and dependable bank,
globally acclaimed as the best place to work in the Nation's financial
services industry.”
The
Series will feature exhibitions of FirstBank innovation products and
services, job fair as well as competitions and musical performance by
popular pop star Davido.
There will also be career talks among the participant and guest at the event.
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