{Financial} Inclusion: Presidency kicks off registration Of 10m Nigerians For coaching *Learn how to take part
The Presidency has commenced registration for the federal authorities’s free nationwide coaching of 10 million Nigerians on {financial} inclusion and literacy.
The registration course of is to be undertaken by WAWUAfrica, Africa’s premier built-in management and organisational excellence ecosystem geared toward empowering girls, with the portal, http://wawuafrica.com/onboarding.
Vice President Kashim Shettima launched the registration train throughout a digital assembly of the PreCEFI, six professonal our bodies and different improvement companions, together with the World {Bank}, WAWUAfrica, African Union (AU), the {Economic} Group of West African States (ECOWAS), and Nationwide Data Know-how Growth Company (NITDA) , amongst others.
Represented by the Particular Adviser to the President On {Economic} Affairs, Dr. Tope Kolade Fasua, the Vice President expressed confidence that the flagship initiative of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is not going to solely influence on Nigerians however finally remodel into a worldwide influence emanating from Nigeria.
He stated, “The flag-off ceremony for the upskilling initiative will turn out to be one of many flagship programmes of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu by way of his influence on the Nigerian folks and the way this will transmogrify into a worldwide influence coming from Nigeria.
“I commend the broadly centered areas of the potential influence to cowl digital literacy and knowledge know-how, IT literacy, {financial} literacy, {economic} literacy, service supply literacy, healthcare and wellness, inventive arts and design, enterprise and entrepreneurship abilities, abilities commerce and engineering abilities, hospitality and tourism abilities.”
Senator Shettima applauded WAWUAfrica, the World {Bank}, Alison Girls Entrepreneurship, African Union (AU), ECOWAS, NITDA, EU and different improvement companions for collaborating successfully in actualising the coaching programme.
“We imagine that this programme will proceed to develop by way of partnership and collaboration till we obtain the utmost utility and mileage required,” he added.
On his half, the Technical Adviser to the President on {Economic} and {Financial} inclusion (Workplace of the Vice President), Dr Nurudeen Zauro, famous that a variety of conversations have been ongoing with all of the stakeholders on the best way to educate Nigerians to get entangled within the coaching course of.
He said that the residents should be properly guided so as to not be hoodwinked into paying for the coaching, in addition to to be guided on the best way to log into the portal and register.
“The essence right here is in order that Nigerians will be properly guided. To begin with, this coaching is freed from cost. We don’t wish to have a state of affairs whereby anyone can be requested to make any type of fee, and likewise to be properly guided the place you’re going to log in to have your particulars imputed onto the system so that you can efficiently get educated,” Dr Zauro stated.
There have been additionally goodwill messages from the six skilled our bodies and the event companions, all pledging to make sure that abilities on {financial} literacy that will result in {financial} inclusion are usually not simply acquired however useful, and be sure that the registration platform launched is constructed on belief, transparency and accountability.
It will be recalled that the Workplace of the Vice President, by the Presidential Committee on {Economic} & {Financial} Inclusion (PreCEFI), had in February, 2026, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with six skilled our bodies to collectively design coaching programmes, certification pathways, digital abilities initiatives, and mentorship platforms that will strengthen Nigeria’s {financial} and enterprise workforce.
The coaching is focused at equipping Nigerians, significantly girls and youths, with important {financial} abilities, funding information, and digital competencies for sustainable wealth creation.
The skilled our bodies embrace the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN); Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN); Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS); Nationwide Institute of Credit score Administration (NICA); Chartered Threat Administration Institute (CRMI) and Nigeria Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (NIIE).