The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Adamu Fanini, made this known in a statement on Friday in Dutse. The statement, signed by the SSG’s Spokesperson, Alhaji Isma’il Ibrahim, noted that the CBN Jigawa branch had inaugurated a 14-member Financial Inclusion Steering Committee to drive the process in the state. The committee also had the mandate to provide workable financial services expansion solutions and document same for implementation by stakeholders like bank insurance companies, capital market providers and develop business cases. Ibrahim called on the committee to come up with action plans that would accelerate financial inclusion drive at the local level, including cities, towns and villages. Representatives of Deposit Money Banks; Bankers’ Committee; Microfinance Banks; National Associations of Microfinance Banks; Non-Bank and other Financial Institutions’ Associations complete the list.

Source: The Guardian January 12, 2018 10:41 UTC