First Class Material, Sponsored By FirstBank, Empowers Nigerian Youth

<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>First Class Material Empowers Youth<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a> presents this piece on First Bank’s growing supports for the Nigerian economy through First Class Material which empowers the Nigerian youth&period; It was earlier published in Nairametrics<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>First Bank of Nigeria Limited&comma; Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s premier and leading financial services provider has again reinforced its commitment to Youth Empowerment and Entrepreneurship through its sponsorship of the docuseries &OpenCurlyQuote;’First Class Material’’ from the stables of Linda Ikeji TV<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>Arguably Nigeria’s most valuable bank brand&comma; FirstBank continues to pride itself as indeed the Bank of many firsts&period; First Class Material is a docuseries designed to celebrate Nigerians who are excelling in various fields of endeavour whether academic or non-academic&period; It is a programme that aims to chronicle the success stories of Nigerians who are distinct and exemplary in their achievements and importantly&comma; a testament to the greatness of the West African country&period; This docuseries aims to make education&comma; vocational training and skill acquisition trendy&comma; attractive and fashionable to the nation&&num;8217&semi;s human capital by celebrating and rewarding innovators and trailblazers in various sectors&period; First Class Material is a celebration of notable Firsts by Nigerians which underscores what FirstBank stands for&period; The essence of the programme is to have many more people informed and encouraged by the successes&comma; thereby having these feats emulated in their chosen endeavours&period;<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>First Class Material aims to change the narrative about Nigeria and Nigerians by highlighting the great work Nigerians are doing in different fields&comma; including Academics&comma; Technology&comma; Arts&comma; Music&comma; entrepreneurship&comma; and many more&period; It also aims to inspire others to aspire to excellence and to see hard work&comma; legitimate work&comma; and diligence as something rewarding and deserving of emulation&period; FirstBank was the official sponsor of the maiden edition of First Class Material by Linda Ikeji TV and based on its success&comma; the Bank is now also sponsoring Season 2 which will commence 3rd week in August&period;<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>This innovative partnership would have viewers exposed to Nigerians across the globe that have carved a niche for themselves by being exemplary and influential in their chosen endeavours and career path&period; Success stories of notable firsts and trailblazers would be highlighted&comma; with viewers encouraged to go beyond limits and leave no stone unturned at making their dreams a reality&period; Like the first season&comma; which showcased exceptional individuals&comma; the forthcoming season promises to share truly inspiring stories of great feats and accomplishments by some of the most unassuming Nigerians&comma; in the country and dotted around the world&period; FirstBank’s goal is to inspire the youth and encourage them to make informed choices&comma; critical to securing their future whilst impacting mankind and society at large&period;<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>FirstBank&comma; historically&comma; has had diverse interventions in promoting thought leadership and promoting initiatives that will stimulate the advancement of skill acquisition and capacity building for the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punchng&period;com&sol;">Nigerian Youth<&sol;a> to equip them for a bright future&period; The Bank’s sponsorship of the Programme is in tandem with the noble objectives of the bank which includes building and instilling values into its customers&period; FirstBank’s core values of people&comma; passion and partnership very much align with the vision of the First Material towards building the youth to become tomorrow’s leaders&period; With over 127 years of continuous banking operations&comma; First Bank of Nigeria Limited &lpar;FirstBank&rpar; is giving a good account of itself in this regard not only as a true financial powerhouse but also as a life enabler&comma; helping Nigerians live better and achieve their dreams&period;<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>Apart from the First Class Material initiative and in the furtherance of the Bank&&num;8217&semi;s long term commitment to promote youth development&comma; professional excellence and education&comma; FirstBank has also in the past and currently actively supporting various activities and initiatives in the youth segment&period; The bank partners with Eventful Nigeria Ltd for Fashion Souk&comma; a platform that creates an opportunity for players in the fashion industry to exhibit and sell their wares to the thousands of event participants&period; The bank&comma; also in a bid to ensure the sustainability of the industry&comma; recently introduced fashion design loans specifically designed to offer financial support to the participants in the textile industry&period;<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>Through its First&commat;arts initiative&comma; FirstBank consolidates all its efforts in the arts&comma; supporting the entire value chain of the creative arts&comma; providing much-needed financing and advisory support&comma; showcasing and facilitating the successes of the industry&comma; and enabling customers to explore and access the wealth of opportunities the creative industry has to offer&period;<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>Achieving these and a host of many others have been implemented through strategic partnerships with organisations like the British Council&comma; Duke of Shomolu Productions&comma; Live Theatre Lagos&comma; Freedom Park&comma; Terra Kulture&comma; and the Cross Rivers State Government &lpar;Calabar Festival&rpar;&comma; among others&period;<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>With the sponsorship of similar socio-cultural initiatives in the creative arts industry like Moremi&comma; Makaliki&comma; Oba Esugbayi stage drama&comma; October 1st &lpar;a movie&rpar;&comma; the Calabar Festival and the recently concluded&comma; The Voice Nigeria &lpar;Season 3&rpar; the Bank remains exemplary to expose the youth to a wide range of opportunities that are integral to the realisation of their dreams&comma; as they contribute to the continued socio-economic development of their immediate environment and the country at large&period;<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>Indeed&comma; FirstBank remains a noble brand close to the heart of the youths and the deliberate efforts made by the bank has indeed been a catalyst of socio-economic growth of Nigerian youths and the nation as a whole&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;