Fidelity Bank is collaborating with JSK Etiquette Consortium to teach contemporary manners and social skills to children in Nigeria as part of its efforts at developing the next generation.
The initiative which is one of the Mentorship Program for the Younger Generation of the bank also seeks to enlighten and equip children with the right values at an early age.
Children between the ages of nine to fifteen years, were also trained on other soft skills such as communication and collaboration to prepare them for future endeavours.
In his welcome address at the one-day Youth Etiquette Class held in Lagos, the Bank’s managing director/chief executive officer, Nnamdi Okonkwo said, “at a time when inappropriate behaviour and manners are threatening to push our core values as a nation to the background, we need to rekindle hope for tomorrow by teaching children basic etiquette while reinforcing what parents may have thought them.”
Okonkwo stated that it was against this background that Fidelity Private Banking came up with the mentorship programme, as the role of children in national development cannot be over-emphasised.