The Bayelsa State Government has indicated an interest in partnering with Heritage Bank Plc on youth empowerment and sports development.
The Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, disclosed this during a visit with the Commissioner for Youths and Sports, Daniel Igali and others to the management of the bank at Heritage’s Head Office in Lagos recently.
Ewhrudjakpo expressed the state government’s readiness to collaborate with Heritage Bank to empower youths and develop sports at all levels to scale up their socio-economic wellbeing and identification and development of young talents.
He also commended Heritage Bank for its pivotal role in enhancing youth development and supporting the entrepreneurial spirit for economic growth.
“We believe that, there is going to be first, removing our youths from drug dependency and we are also using them to win. We want to see how Heritage Bank can partner with us or support of which we have adequate publicity,” he stated.
Ewhrudjakpo said Governor Douye Diri-led’s administration would do everything within its reach to foster a mutually beneficial partnership with the lender.
Executive Director of the Bank, Jude Monye, who welcomed the delegates assured the deputy governor of Heritage’s readiness to support Bayelsa in developing the youths.
Monye disclosed that Heritage Bank has been at the forefront of supporting good causes involving youth and sport while reiterating the readiness of the managing Director, Ifie Sekibo, to partner with the government.
