In furtherance of its leading role in promoting the socio-economic inclusion of women in society, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider, has announced its dedication of the month of March to the celebration of women across the world, as it commemorates the globally celebrated International Women’s Day, scheduled for 8 March 2023.
Kicking off the series of internal and activities designed to
celebrate women is The First Women Network (FWN), Mentoring, Coaching and
Sponsorship Pillar Webinar scheduled to hold on Friday, 3 March 2023. The event
is organized by the Bank’s First Women Network, an initiative that seeks to
address the gender gap and increase the participation of women at all levels
within the organisation.
On Wednesday, 8 March 2023, the Bank will join the rest of the
world to celebrate the 2023 International Women’s Day themed: “Embrace Equity” as it convenes its International
Women's Day 2023 event.
As a member of UN Women, FirstBank employs the relevant women
empowerment tools including the Women Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Gender Gap
Analysis Tool in the process of assessing its performance and provides progress
reports that feeds into the WEPs performance indicators. FirstBank has a ratio
of about 39%:61% female to men employees while 32% women in management driving
a deliberate policy consistent with the WEPs - Equal Opportunity, Inclusion,
and Nondiscrimination.
In line with this commitment, FirstBank is partnering with UN
Women on 15 March 2023 and is set to play a key role in a scheduled event driven
by UN Women that will showcase
young women and men between the ages of 18-35 in Nigeria who are using
technological innovations and tools to promote gender equality, women’s
empowerment and inclusion. This is in line with the UN International Women’s
Day theme for 2023 is “DigitALL: Innovation and
technology for gender equality’’.
The conversation on ‘’Embrace Equity’’ as well as ‘’DigitALL: Innovation and technology for
gender equality’’ will be reinforced on Twitter Spaces with notable speakers
including Foluso Gbadamosi, the Executive Director of Junior Achievement
Nigeria.
Amongst the activities scheduled to round off the Women’s Month
commemoration is the Bank’s support of the Heroism
of Erelu Ota – a play which aligns with the Bank’s First@arts goal of
supporting the arts and women. Heroism
of Erelu Ota is an untold story of a legendary goddess in Ikorodu Kingdom
who travels on the sea with a mat, and her ability to see what the enemies of
Ikorodu are planning in their town, played a huge role in assisting the people
of Ikorodu during the Agbala war.
Speaking ahead of the events, Folake Ani-Mumuney, Group Head,
Marketing & Corporate Communications, FirstBank said that “we remain committed
to diversity and inclusion as well as women empowerment through digital
education and the provision of opportunities for women to access digital tools
to bridge the gender digital divide and achieve gender equality. Therefore, as
in previous years, FirstBank has dedicated March 2023 as a month set aside to
celebrate women and all their remarkable achievements over the years which
include their leadership roles and pace-setting standards in Science Technology
Entrepreneurship, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM). We are deliberate about partnering to ensure
more impact – ensuring that we touch as many women as possible in Women’s Month
and beyond.’’
About
FirstBank
First
Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank) is the premier Bank in West Africa and the
leading financial inclusion services provider in Nigeria for over 128 years.
With
over 750 business locations and over 196,000
Banking Agents spread across 99% of the
774 Local Government Areas in Nigeria, FirstBank provides a comprehensive range
of retail and corporate financial services to serve its over 30 million customers.
The Bank has an international presence through its subsidiaries, FBNBank (UK)
Limited in London and Paris, FBNBank in the Republic of Congo, Ghana, The
Gambia, Guinea, Sierra-Leone and Senegal, as well as a Representative Office in
Beijing.
The
Bank has been handy at promoting digital payment in the country and has issued
over 10million cards, the first bank to achieve such a milestone in the
country. FirstBank’s cashless transaction drive extends to having more than
12million people on its USSD Quick Banking service through the nationally
renowned *894# Banking code and over 4.5 million people on FirstMobile
platform.
Since
its establishment in 1894, FirstBank has consistently built relationships with
customers focusing on the fundamentals of good corporate governance, strong
liquidity, optimised risk management and leadership. Over the years, the Bank
has led the financing of private investment in infrastructure development in
the Nigerian economy by playing key roles in the Federal Government’s privatisation
and commercialisation schemes. With its global reach, FirstBank provides
prospective investors wishing to explore the vast business opportunities that
are available in Nigeria, an internationally competitive world-class brand and
a credible financial partner.
FirstBank
has been named “Most Valuable Bank Brand in Nigeria” six times in a row (2011 –
2016) by the globally renowned “The Banker Magazine” of the Financial Times
Group; “Best Retail Bank in Nigeria” for seven consecutive years (2011 – 2017)
by the Asian Banker International Excellence in Retail Financial Services
Awards and “Best Bank in Nigeria” by Global Finance for 15 years. Our brand
purpose is always to put customers, partners and stakeholders at the heart of
our business, even as we standardise customer experience and excellence in
financial solutions across sub-Saharan Africa, in consonance with our brand
vision “To be the partner of the first choice in building your future”. Our
brand promise is always to deliver the ultimate “gold standard” of value and
excellence. This commitment is anchored on our inherent values of passion,
partnership and people, to position You First in every respect.
Folake
Ani-Mumuney
Group
Head, Marketing & Corporate Communications
First
Bank of Nigeria Limited
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