The Federal Government of Nigeria has expressed its plans to tackle poverty and insecurity through financial inclusion of all Nigerians.
Deputy Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Hadejia, made this disclosure at a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday ahead of a national stakeholders’ workshop on financial inclusion slated for Thursday and Friday. Hadejia restated President Bola Tinubu’s administration's commitment to an all-inclusive Nigeria under his “Renewed Hope Agenda’’. According to him, part of the plan was to unveil a roadmap to integrate unbanked Nigerians into the formal financial system.
The services include the opening of transaction accounts, savings, payments, transfers, credit, pension, e-commerce, and insurance accounts close to places of work or residence. “The Vice-President and Chairman of the National Council on Nutrition, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, is passionately committed to supporting the successful implementation of the national financial inclusion strategy,' Hadejia stressed.
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