By InvestAdvocate
Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Nigeria’s tier one lender, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of FBN Holdings Plc said on Thursday its supporting the visual arts festival in Enugu tagged “Life in my City”.
“The Bank is supporting this event under the auspices of the First@arts initiative which is driven by the quest to promote the arts and preserve cultural heritage, according to a statement from the FirstBank.
The statement says “Life in My City” is a visual arts festival targeted at young Nigerian artists below the age of 35 and will provide opportunities for participants to make significant statements about their environment through art exhibitions.
It said this festival has created another opportunity to support Nigerian youth and encourage the growth and development of natural talents in Nigeria.
The lender affirmed it’s supporting the event to build capacity, enhance wealth creation for the youth as well as enable Nigerians to compete favourably at the international art market.
“Through First@arts, FirstBank has encouraged home-grown human capacity development and enhanced the creation of employment opportunities within the arts industry, thereby creating a sustainable value chain and contributing to the growth and development of an evolving art economy in Nigeria. The Bank believes that promoting the arts and preserving contemporary culture is essential for our generation and the future generations,” lender added.
Folake Ani-Mumuney, head, marketing and Corporate Communications of FirstBank, said the bank has through the years influenced the history and growth of the country through the sponsorship of several arts initiatives across diverse cultures. “We intend to promote the arts as a veritable vehicle for interconnection in our nation while we solidify our position as the leading brand in this space through our First@arts initiative” she said.
FirstBank says the grand finale of “Life in My City” will take place on Saturday, October 24, 2015 at the Nike Lake Resort Hotel Enugu. “FirstBank will be there to support participants as they bring to life beautiful imageries on their canvas. Through support for this event, the Bank has again lived up to its brand promise to put YOU First,” the statement affirmed.
At the close of trading on the Nigerian bourse on Thursday shares of FBN Holdings parent company of FirstBank dipped 0.51 percent to N5.81 from N5.84 traded the previous session; losing 0.03 kobo per share.
