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BISI Onasanya, group managing director, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, will be participating in the forthcoming Africa CEO Roundtable in Lagos. A statement posted on the bank’s website on September 23, said the move was consistent with its commitment to drive sustainable capacity building.
The event will have captains of industry and key influencers discussing the strengths and limitations of education and skills training for work in Nigeria. It will also focus on how corporate responsibility and sustainability intervention can more effectively support youth skills training and employment in the nation. These deliberations around youth empowerment and unemployment will help achieve a shared, secure and sustainable future for all.
Through the forum, Nigerian and African companies will have a forum from which to catalyse business action in support of United Nations goals and issues with emphasis on collaborative action.
The roundtable also aims to encourage youth empowerment in Nigeria and advance the Sustainable Development Education Goals. The statement quoted Onasanya as saying that the bank would continue to support initiatives that would create opportunities for the advancement of skill acquisition and capacity building for the Nigerian youth. He said, “Our desire is to see our strategic and need driven youth empowerment interventions culminate in equipping Nigerian youths for a bright future.”
He further stated that the bank would continue to drive the discourse on enhancing youth empowerment, entrepreneurship and tackling some of the challenges faced by youths in their pursuit of good education, research development and small and medium scale enterprises.
Hosted by the bank through the First Bank Sustainability Centre, Onasanyo will be speaking on ‘Leading by empowering: Youth, skills training and unemployment in a changing economy’
— Oct 5, 2015 @ 01:00 GMT
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