FMAN Sensitizes YABATECH Students on Investment

Kayode Tokede

As part of the events to commemorate this 2022 Global Money Week, the Fund Managers Association of Nigeria (FMAN) sensitized the full-time final year (HND 2) students of the School of Management and Business Studies (SMBS), comprising five departments which are Accountancy, Business Administration, Banking and Finance,

The event was themed, “Being smart about money, as a panacea to building a brighter future.”

The event which took place in the lecture hall of SMBS had in attendance theleadership of FMAN represented by the President, Mrs. Tope Omojokun, and the Chairman of the Technical Enlightenment Committee (TEC), Mr. Lanre Mohammed.

Commenting on the event, the President of FMAN, Mrs. Tope Omojokun urged the studentsto imbibe the habits of investing and diversifying their portfolios and risks. 

She urged them to do diligent research before investing and stay clear from Ponzi and other illegal money doubling schemes.

She also thanked all the attendants, especially the students, and urged them to practice all they learnt during the interactive lecture. She ended by congratulating the prize winners.

Ms. Omoshalewa Ogunbiyi, an HND 2 student of Accountancy, emerged as the overall winner of the quiz, carting home a total of N200,000. The elated student thanked FMAN for the initiative and promised to invest part of her prize money in her small business. 

The first, second, and third runners-up of the highly contested quiz were awarded N150,000, N100,000, and N50,000 respectively while the fourth contestant wascompensated with a cash prize of N25,000.

Currently in its tenth year, this year’s Global Money Week was held from March 21 to27, with the theme: ‘’Build your future, be smart about money.