The apex bank also said it was building on the account opening drive to ensure digital financial inclusion, in order to consolidate on efforts to implement the framework for advancing women’s financial inclusion in Nigeria.
Speaking in the Deba Local Government Area, Director, Development Finance Department, Yusuf Yika, said the drive would feature awareness creation on financial literacy as well as provide an opportunity for women and the youth in the community to take advantage of the financial products and services.
Yika noted that the programme would be held across five Local Government Areas including, Biliri, Kaltungo, Yemaltu- Deba, Akko, and Dukku.
He however stressed that the financial inclusion drive is an initiative of the Central Bank of Nigeria, and other stakeholders to improve access of unbanked Nigerians to financial services and this year as he disclosed that they are kicking it off this November.
The tag line for the drive is Open account, Get beta Life’ and the proposed target for number of impressions which includes women and youth engaged, products deployed to is twenty five thousand in Gombe State.
