JUST IN: Jim Ovia Urges Emefiele to Create the Enabling Environment that Will Empower Youths

The   Chairman/Founder   of   Zenith   Bank   Plc,   Mr.   Jim   Ovia   (CON),  hascalled on the CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefele (CON) to create the enabling environment through the institution of various initiatives that support financial inclusion to help empower and blossom the Nigerian youths.
Jim Ovia made the call in his welcome remarks at a reception at the Civic   Centre   organized   by   the   private   sector   in   honour   of   the   CBN Governor, following a family thanksgiving service held on Sunday, July 14, 2019 at the Catholic Church of Assumption, Falomo, Lagos.According to Mr. Ovia, though the CBN, and the Federal Government have   been   working   tirelessly   to   implement   various   strategic development programmes, what has been done so far, is not enough.In his opinion, there is a need to empower the youths to become the creators of jobs and employers of labor, as opposed to them only being job seekers.
He urged the CBN helmsman to fully encourage %financial inclusion and initiate more programmes that will create employment for the Nigerian Youths,   empowering them   to   be  innovative   and   creative   in   utilizing their God-given talents in various industries including but not limited to agriculture technology and the creative industries. He added that the implementation of these initiatives, which are in line with the World Bank and United Nations backed programmes all over the world,will signi%cantly reduce poverty and unemployment in our country.
He also thanked the CBN Governor for the recent %financing and funding initiatives which banks are mandated to fully support to empower theNigerian youths.Godwin Eme%ele became the Governor of the CBN on June 2, 2014,mounting   the   saddle   as   the   11th  CBN   Chief   and   its   10th  indigenous Governor.   Following   the   successes   of   the   policies   and   programmes which he introduced in his first term, he was in June, 2019 reappointed by   President   Muhammadu   Buhari   for   a   second   term   of   five   years,becoming the %rst CBN Chief to be reappointed for a second