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GTB Organises Training For Newsmen
As part of its corporate responsibility Guaranty Trust Bank Plc has concluded a three day training for men of the pen profession. The company said the initiative of the Annual course for reporters, which began in 2006, was conceived as a tool to facilitate the development of Nigeria’s burgeoning media industry in areas of qualitative reporting and relevant knowledge acquisition.
The bank noted that one of its hall marks over the last two decades has been its passion and penchant for promoting professionalism, integrity the quest for knowledge and expertise among its numerous stakeholders. It added that being the first bank to over undertake the initiative, the programme has include reporters from outside the shores of Nigeria and has continued to generate media support, goodwill and visibility of its brand within and across Africa.
According to the bank, the reporters course was designed to enhance professional skills of reporters in brands and marketing, business, capital market and financial sectors as well as increase their knowledge of the financial industry.
The 2009 edition of the course had among its facilitators world renowned economist and member of faculty, Lagos Business School, Dr. Doyin Salami, Public commentator and chairman, Editorial Board, Guardian Newspapers, Dr. Reuben Abati, and one of Nigeria’s foremost brand strategist and principal consult, Alder consulting Lake Alder.
Meanwhile, journalists who benefited from the three-day training have commended the bank for the initiative, saying that such could only be done by a socially responsible organisation. They, however, encouraged other corporate organisations in the country to emulate the bank.
Guaranty Trust Bank was incorporated in 1990 and has over 154 branches across the country, with subsidiaries in Gambia, Ghana, Sierra Leone, United Kingdom and Liberia. The bank also owns non-banking subsidiaries such as G Thomes Limited, Guaranty Trust Assurance Limited, GTB Registrars Limited and GTB Asset Management Limited.
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