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L-R: Regional Director, South-West, Skye Bank Plc. Ayo Abina; Head, Retail Banking Group, Skye Bank Plc, Nkolika Okoli; CEO, Ibadan Central Hospital/Keynote Speaker, Dr. Abib Olamitoye; Executive Director, South-South/South-East, Retail, Skye Bank Plc., Ibiye Ekong; and Chairman, Nigerian Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (NASME) Oyo State, Dr. Taiye Adeyemo, at the third edition of the Skye Bank Business Seminar Series which took place at Jogor Events Centre, Ibadan recently.

The prestigious Jogor Events Center in Ibadan, Oyo State hosted the third edition of Skye Bank’s Small and Medium Enterprises  seminar recently with over 300 Skye Bank’s customers and business partners in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) sector in attendance.

While welcoming participants, Skye Bank’s Regional Director, South-West, Mr. Ayo Abina assured existing and prospective customers of the readiness of the Bank to improving their businesses.

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L-R: Head, Retail Banking Group, Skye Bank Plc, Nkolika Okoli; Regional Director, South-West, Skye Bank Plc. Ayo Abina; Head, Retail Banking Group, Skye Bank Plc, Executive Director, South-South/South-East, Retail, Skye Bank Plc., Ibiye Ekong; and Head, Small Business Group, Skye Bank Plc., Ayo Olojede at the third edition of the Skye Bank Business Seminar Series which took place at Jogor Events Centre, Ibadan recently.

Mr. Abina said, “The biggest problem is not the non-availability of the fund, it is the understanding of Small and Medium Scale owners of the existence of this fund and what they need to do to access this fund.’’

On her part, Executive Director, South-South/South-East, Retail, Skye Bank Plc., Ibiye Ekong advised customers to tap into the financial opportunities of the Bank to boost their SME’s.

According to Ekong, “Necessary support will be given to enable customers access the Central Bank loan schemes to boost their businesses.’’

In his keynote address, the Chief Executive Officer, Ibadan Central Hospital, Dr. Abib Olamitoye, while recalling how he started his business, explained that, no amount of money was too small to start up a business.

He commended Skye Bank for believing in his dreams and encouraged participants to set goals and work towards actualizing them, adding that, “The key to success in business is to have goals.”

Participants later commended the Bank for its foresight for organizing such seminar and different issues relating to Skye Bank Plc and the Banking industry in Nigeria were addressed by the Bank’s representatives.

The next edition of the Skye Business SME Seminar will take place in Port- Harcourt in July, 2015.


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