As part of its commitment to celebrating the Nigerian child, Ecobank has rolled out various activities for its MyFirst Account holders. MyFirst Account is Ecobank’s savings account for children and teenagers between the ages of 0-17 years. This year as parts of the bank’s efforts to reward loyalty, deserving MyFirst account holders and their parents have been treated to a day at the cinemas at Ecobank’s instance.
According to the head, liability product, Adeola Dare, the bank has also made provision in all its branches to hold financial education talks to tutor children and their parents on the benefits of adopting a savings culture at an early age.
“We suggest that parents and guardians should set up direct debit instructions on their accounts to fund their children’s / ward’s account. Doing this would go a long way towards growing the amount being saved which apart from teaching the children about saving, also comes in handy on rainy days, especially to offset school fees of the children”.
As part of celebrations to mark the Children’s Day; Dare said all the bank’s branches will be opened for children to visit on the 27th of May. The branches will host children to an educative and fun-filled day as visiting children will be treated to light refreshments, role plays and financial education talks.