Heritage Bank Plc has restated its commitment to deepen its support to young entrepreneurs in Nigeria to grow their businesses either as start-ups or prospective business owners.
This, the bank said, is in line with its culture as timeless wealth partners, which would impact positively on the nation’s socio-economic development.
The MD/CEO of the bank, Ifie Sekibo, in a statement made available to LEADERSHIP, stated that, Heritage Bank was mindful of the devastating impact of the pandemic to the nation’s economic system, promising that, ‘we will up our game to empower Nigerian youths who are one of the bedrock of any vibrant economy.’
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He further explained that Heritage Bank’s various entrepreneur schemes in the support for business had always focused on dependable job-creating sectors, such as agricultural value chain (fish farming, poultry, snail farming), cottage industry, mining and solid minerals, creative industry (tourism, arts and crafts), and Information and Communications Technology (ICT).
Sekibo restated that the aim of the bank, being at the forefront of youth empowerment, is to emancipate the latent entrepreneurial spirit in the teeming youths to unleash their support to the growth of the economy.
To him, “At Heritage, nothing else is more fulfilling than to groom-to-empower young aspiring start-up entrepreneurs, as we mentor them to grow and become large corporates enlisted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange.”
He also reiterated that the bank had continued to make efforts to lead the recovery of the Nigerian economy through championing several empowerment schemes such as the Prime Women Builders Foundation of Nigeria, Youth Innovative Entrepreneurship Development Programme (YIEDP), Centre for Values in Leadership (CVL) on Young Entrepreneurship Business Training Programme (YEBTP), Young Entrepreneurs and Students (YES) Grant and Nigerian Young Professional Forum (NYPF), amongst others.
