SWG: FirstBank pledges commitment to youths, sports development

Impressed by the outcome of the maiden South-West Games, the Games major sponsor, FirstBank, has pledged to support any sporting initiative that targets youths and sports development across the country.

Speaking at the closing ceremony of the Games, at the weekend, FirstBank’s Executive Director of Retail Banking, Seyi Oyefeso, said supporting sports is in line with the bank belief in engaging and encouraging youths to put their energy into things that are positive and rewarding.

“We will always support anything that is targeted at youths. At FirstBank, we will continue to embrace anything that engages our youth positively and things that encourage them to put their energies into things that are position and rewarding”, he said.

He added that the support for sports is not limited to South-West alone, explaining that FirstBank is a national financial institution that operates across all the states of the federation and will support any initiative geared towards encouraging youth development nationally .

“If there is anything that unites the nation the most, it is sports. Therefore it’s important for Corporate Nigeria to begin to support it and encourage them to organise properly,” he added.

Oyefeso harped on the importance of catching the youth young, saying, that the South-West Games offers such opportunities and platforms for them to showcase their skills in an unadulterated environment for future development.