Diamond Bank pledges to support pupils’ education

The management of the Diamond Bank Plc has said that it is committed to supporting the intellectual development of children.

The bank’s Executive Director, Lagos and West Businesses, Mr. Victor Ezenwoko stated this during the presentation of the finalists of the 2015 edition of the “Vision of the child” competition.

The initiative, sponsored by the bank is a live painting and literary arts competition for children to support the commemoration of the Lagos Black Festival of Arts and Culture.

According to Ezenwoko, the bank’s support for the competitive programme is in recognition of the importance of children to the future of the country.

He said, “Nigeria’s future depends not only on our children but also on the investment we make on them. It is in recognition of this that the bank supports the competition. As a responsible corporate institution, we will continue to support this initiative because it is our own little contribution towards the wellbeing of the Nigerian Child.”

Ezenwoko also stressed the need to nurture and develop the intellect of children to enable them to become intellectually sound adults later in life.

Commending the organisers of the competition, Ezenwoko said it would afford children the opportunity to reveal their minds.

He said, “This has made it easy for them to write and paint on the challenging theme posed at them annually by Prof. Wole Soyinka. This generation will overtake the generation of unemployable graduates produced in the last few years. These children will win laurels from international competitions with adequate preparation that is being given to them through the Vision of a Child project.”

The Head, Corporate Communications of the bank, AyonaTrimnell, said the bank had been supporting the project because of its belief in the Nigerian child.

According to her, every Nigerian child is a bundle of potential waiting exposure. She added, “Children in this competition have two areas of arts to show competence in painting and literary arts. Though, the theme could be challenging for adults but children get inspired from all societal happenings and come up with expressions that are ingenious.’’