Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri Monday commissioned corporate office of the standard micro finance bank and Priam Group with a pledge to partner the founder in his quest to fighting poverty in Adamawa.
The two investments are the brain child of Former Vice President and Waziri Adamawa, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s vision to rid the state and the country of poverty.
Governor Umaru Fintiri said Government is tirelessly working to ensure that the state is safe to attract investors and for businesses to flourish.
He urged the Central Bank of Nigeria to grant the standard micro finance bank license to operate in the north east.
The Governor commended the standard micro finance bank for the twenty first century innovation deployed assuring of state governments support.
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar while noting that Nigeria has been the headquarter of world poverty said the objective of the bank and Adamaplast is to defeat poverty saying the decision to start from his home state is to convince other parts that he can defeat poverty
The principal shareholder of the bank revealed that he is bent on Creating opportunities for people to be gainfully employed whether one is educated or not decrying how youths get engaged in negative vices due to idleness
Chairman board of Directors of the bank, Alhaji Babale Umaru Girei said the bank with twelve branches spread across the state has advance the development of education, agriculture, women empowerment, protection of environment through procurement of solar panels at subsidised rate and also the health sector in the state.
Branch Comptroller of Central Bank of Nigeria, Jatau Satu while commending Governor Umaru Fintiri for providing an enabling environment for banking activities to thrive in the state describes the standard micro finance bank as the best of its kind assuring of the apex banks support and partnership
Kefas William on behalf of the Customers expressed appreciation to the bank for supporting them thus far hoping they sustain the tempo.
