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    Photos: Diamond Bank On World Savings Day Awareness Campaign

    Diamond Bank on World Savings Day.
    L-R: From left to right;  Staff of Diamond Bank ,Grace Arua, (In the Middle) a Teacher at Owerri City Secondary School , Branch Manager of Diamond Bank Owerri branch,Ifeoma Nwuke, a student of the School and staff of Diamond Bank,Kingsley Eke.
    The World Savings Day was established on October 31, 1924, during the 1st International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks) in Milano, Italy. The Italian Professor Filippo Ravizza declared this day the "International Saving Day" on the last day of the congress.
    World Savings Day or World Thrift Day was established to inform people all around the world about the idea of saving their money in a bank rather than keeping it under their mattress.
    As countries across the globe mark the World Savings Day, the Nigerian financial industry is taking up the mantle of increasing financial literacy and awareness among the teeming populace of the country.
    Particularly, this year’s celebration is being directed at increasing financial education and awareness among the Nigerian youths. Rising from the Bankers Committee meeting held in Lagos, the committee disclosed that as part of the 2016 celebration, each bank will adopt two schools from each of the six geopolitical zones of the country.
    Diamond Bank Plc on World Savings Day.
    L-R: A Staff of Diamond Bank ,Samuel Kor, (In the Middle) Vice Principal of  Ibeku High School, Umuahia, Mr. Ukanwoko and Business Manager, Diamond Bank, Umuahia Area, Uzoma Enyinnaya
    Diamond Bank Plc has carried the message of financial awareness to Secondary Schools in Nigeria, Among the schools are Owerri City Secondary School, Owerri; Nigerian Customs Secondary School, Idiroko; Ibeku High School, Umuahia; and Mercyland International School in Ogun State.
    The initiative is part of activities to commemorate the Global Money Week and boost financial literacy among the youth. According to the Bank, the awareness campaign is in-line with the policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria aimed at sharpening financial understanding and teaching the students how to get increased value for their money through savings and investment.
    Diamond Bank on World Savings Day.
    L- R: Joseph Odufala , Ibironke Bello Kuburat , Business Manager, Abeokuta branch, Abdulhameed Mukhtarall of Diamond Bank Plc and a Student of the Nigerian Customs Secondary School, Idiroko,  Ekpe Jim Mfonobong
    The Financial Literacy Day is aimed at increasing access to finance, propagating knowledge in fiscal management and bringing the unbanked to the banking system.
    Addressing the students, the bank officials said the awareness campaign was informed by Diamond Bank’s commitment to building capacity among the youths and making them to appreciate the value of building financial capacity through savings, investment and reinvestment.
    Diamond Bank Plc on World Savings Day.
    Students of Mercyland International School in Ogun State and Staff of Diamond Bank at the just concluded World Savings Day which held on the 31st of October 2016

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