The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has trained about 200 students/learners drawn from 25 secondary schools within Abeokuta metropolis in Ogun State on financial literacy.
The training, in commemoration of the 2023 Financial Literacy Day, with the theme: “Plan Your Money, Plant Your Future”, took place at the Lisabi Grammar School, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta.
In his address, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of NDIC,
Bello Hassan, said the programme, which was in partnership with the Ogun State Government, was part of the organisation’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
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Hassan, who was represented by the Zonal Controller of NDIC, Abeokuta, Adewale Olufemi Shobule, said the annual financial literacy programme kicked off in 2021 and designed “to catch them young and make the learners financially literate.
“The intention of NDIC is to catch them young. Financial literacy training is to ensure that you’re financially literate while you’re young. That’s the main reason why NDIC brings this programme. I am sure learners who attended the last two editions have gained a lot.
“The programme is designed for learners, but I bet you, it’s not only the learners that will benefit from the programme, even the oldies like me will benefit from the programme.”
He, therefore, urged the participants to listen carefully and make good use of the opportunity offered by the NDIC.
Declaring the workshop open, the state’s Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Mrs Bosede Ogunleye, applauded NDIC for the programme, which according to her, would go a long way in shaping students’ future positively.
She urged NDIC to extend the programme to other senatorial districts in the state in order to allow other young learners to benefit from the knowledge.
She called on the learners to cultivate the habit of saving for rainy days from a young age, saying the principle of being prudent was required for students on their pathway to success, and added that, “The Habit of saving is education itself as it teaches self-denial.”
