NDIC Promotes Financial Literacy Among Students in Gombe
In commemoration of World Savings Day 2024, the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), has sensitised students of Government Day Secondary School, Gandu in Gombe, Gombe State on savings and financial management.
Speaking during the opening ceremony of the event, the NDIC zonal comptroller in charge of Gombe, Bauchi and Plateau States, Ajiya Bazarma, emphasised the importance of savings and investments asserting that if the students imbibe them, they could be entrepreneurs and contribute to national economy.
Bazarma also stressed that inculcating savings culture in young people fosters financial literacy, discipline, and stability adding that savings enable individuals to invest, manage money, and become self-reliant by starting businesses.
“By the time you inculcate the habit of saving in students, they will grow up with financial literacy. And they will have knowledge on how to invest and manage money,” he said.
He reiterated NDIC’s commitment to ensuring people’s savings and deposits in banks are safeguarded.
In his remarks, the Principal of the school, Usman Buba, appreciated NDIC’s sensitisation lecture in the school saying it would instill financial discipline in students.
The state Commissioner of Education, Aisha Maigari, represented by Director, Extracurricular activities, Isa Ali Doho, said the ministry prioritises extracurricular programmes like seminars, sensitisation and trainings for students.
She lauded the NDIC’s initiative and advised students to open accounts in banks and embrace saving culture.
