Heritage Bank has again assured female entrepreneurs
in the country of its willingness to partner with them to strengthen their role
as major drivers of national economic growth.vNational economic growth, the
bank observes, can only be achieved where the role of women as co-pilots in the
economic management of a nation, as refined major stakeholders in the society,
as silent driving force in any country and as lives shapers, is fully
recognized.
Speaking at the 2015 edition of the Role of Women in
Emerging African Democracies (ROWEAD) Roundtable in Lagos, Group Head, Manilla
Banking, Heritage Bank, Babajide Adetowubo, said the Bank sponsored and
partnered with ROWEAD on the Roundtable Initiative as a demonstration of its
commitment to supporting female entrepreneurs to change the economic landscape
of the nation.
Mr. Adetowubo also explained that the previous
administration at the federal level had set out to empower women through the
setting up of a special fund by the Central Bank of Nigeria to build SMEs. “This fund is about women empowerment, to
support women entrepreneurs; those who want to start up a business or women
that have existing businesses and want them to grow”.
He added that Heritage Bank Nigeria has continued to
partner with CBN to ensure funds are disbursed appropriately to their
beneficiaries. He promised that the recent acquisition of Enterprise Bank would
further give Heritage Bank more coverage to be able to deliver more on its core
values.
"Under the leadership of a team with outstanding
talent and high performance consistency, Heritage Bank is poised to further
demonstrate its commitment to ensuring wealth creation, preservation and
transfer across generations, especially through stronger partnership with
female entrepreneurs who are the engine room of national economic growth", he
stated.
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