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Publisher (J.T)
November 8, 2019
The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, CIBNsays it will soon organize capacity building for bankers in the country on theneed for sustainable banking principles.
CIBN President, Uche Olowu, said this at aconference organised by LAPO Microfinance Bank Limited in Lagos with theme:“Enhancing Sustainable Finance in the Microfinance Subsector’’.
According to him, the role of CIBN in the proposedprogramme is to capacitise members of the banking community on the need for sustainablebanking principles.
Also speaking, Executive Director, Global Alliancefor Banking on Values GABV, Marcos Eguiguren, said the drive in sustainablefinance in the financial sector was high in Sub Saharan African countries.
In his paper, Director, Sustainable BusinessInitiative SBI, Ken Amaeshi, said that sustainable finance was low globallybecause “investors don’t like what they cannot build upon.”
According to the don, sustainable finance has to bemeasurable, otherwise investors will not talk about sustainability if it is notmeasurable.