The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Friday, March 8, 2019, in Abuja, said closing gender gap is part of its corporate strategy, going forward.
In his message to commemorate the 2019 International Women’s Day, the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, while lauding the contributions of women at the apex bank, said achieving gender equality must go beyond sloganeering.
Instead, he called for deliberate steps towards closing the gender gap, something he said the CBN had taken seriously by integrating it into its corporate strategy, describing this year’s theme: “Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change” as apt.
This, he stressed, is given the global wave of change towards finding smarter and more innovative technological methods of achieving positive change.
Emefiele observed that achieving gender-equality was not one man’s task, charging employees of the apex bank consciously understand their individual and collective roles in ensuring equality without compromising excellence.
A statement by the CBN said it has lined up series of events to commemorate this year’s International Women’s Day celebrated globally on March 8.
According to the statement, a series of activities to celebrate women in the apex bank are billed to hold on March 12, 19 and 21, to be spearheaded by a team led by the Deputy Governor in charge of Financial System Stability (FSS), Mrs. Aishah Ahmad.