Today marks World Savings Day, a financial literacy initiative which celebrates the benefits of being thrifty.
This year’s focus is on the stabilising role played by savings and retail banking in the overall financial system.
The World Savings Day was first celebrated on October 31, 1924, during the 1st International Savings Bank Congress in Milano, Italy. Italian Professor, Filippo Ravizza declared this day as the “International Saving Day” on the last day of the Congress.
Advertisement
Nigerians are encouraged to imbibe a culture of saving , planning and strategic spending in a bid to better manage their daily expenditure
Related posts:
Tennis : Nigeria emerges overall winners in Lome
AC Milan’s overall deal with Chinese investors worth 1 billion euros – CEO designate
Goodness Okpara merges overall winner of Uzodinma Essay Competition
Meet UNILAG’s overall best graduating student, Ekeoseye Elisabeth Osereme
FG rolls out N5,000 savings bonds
Fed Govt launches second tranche of savings bond
DMO suspends April 2020 FGN savings bond offer over COVID-19
Nigeria ranked 11th in SSA with highest private savings
