​NSE, Access Bank to celebrate Global Money week​​

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), in partnership with Access Bank Plc will convene the 2017 Global Money Week themed: ‘Learn. Save. Earn’ starting next week on March 27 to March 31 2017.

“Consistent with NSE commitment to promote financial literacy and inclusion in Nigeria, there will be a series of educational programs to raise awareness and improve the capabilities of young people to make sound decisions when it comes to financial matters,”a press statement on the NSE website indicates.

The idea behind these knowledge sharing sessions according to the management of the the Exchange is to see employees mentoring young people​ on how money works, saving, investing, creating livelihood, gaining employment and entrepreneurship.

Global Money Week is a global movement to raise awareness of the importance of financial education and financial inclusion for children and youth is led by Child and Youth Finance International (CYFI), a non-profit organization based in Amsterdam.

 During the celebration of the Global Money Week, there will be a Closing Gong ceremony at the Exchange, excursions to the trading floor, interactive session with executive management of the Exchange.

 The Acting Head, of the Corporate Services Division, NSE, Pai Gamde, had said “To develop an inclusive finance system, we believe we must first solve the problem of educating financial consumers to enable them efficiently utilize access to basic financial services We believe that as a nation, children and youths are an important component of building a secured future and we must train these future leaders on how to make sound financial decisions”.

On his part, Head of Corporate Communications, NSE, Olumide Orojimi said, “The Global Money Week initiative is fully consistent with our vision to promote a market place where investors are well educated to make sound investment decisions. 

We continue to be proud of this program as it allows our employees and partners to make available their expertise to prepare young people for a secured financial the future. For the past two years, the Exchange has been able to directly reach over 3,033 students and pupils from over 54 secondary and primary schools with an indirect effect on about 10,000 young people across its operating environment”.