Reinforcing its fame as a pro-women and inclusion-driven {bank}, Wema Bank, Nigeria’s foremost progressive {bank} and pioneer of Africa’s first totally digital {bank}, ALAT, has disbursed a complete of N11,000,000 to 131 girls throughout Nigeria within the girls’s month draw of the Wema Bank 5 for five Promo. The extremely anticipated draw occurred on Friday, March 21, 2025, in Aba, Nigeria.
Launched in 2021, the 5 for five Promo is Wema Bank’s devoted avenue for rewarding its prospects for his or her energetic loyalty to the model, its merchandise, and choices. Over the course of three seasons, the 5 for five Promo disbursed over N150,000,000 to 2,378 Nigerians throughout the six geopolitical zones in Nigeria, returning greater than ever for season 4 with a N135,000,000 money prize. Because the season kicked off in October 2024, Wema Bank has disbursed over N50,000,000 to its prospects throughout each day, weekly and month-to-month attracts. For the fifth month-to-month attract March, the {Bank} took a considerate step, disbursing the overall N11,000,000 money prize to an all-women pool of winners.
Among the many 131 winners from the Wema Bank 5 for five Promo Girls’s month draw had been OGECHUKWU PATIENCE ANI from Aba the place the draw held, VANESSA CHIAMAKA OGBONNA from Lagos and MUBARAKAHT ABISOLA ALOWONLE from Bodija; all of whom gained N1,000,000 every. Others included 8 particular person domiciliary account holders who gained N250,000 every, 40 girls who gained 100,000 every and 80 who gained N25,000 every. The ladies’s month draw closed out excellently, financially empowering Nigerian girls from throughout the nation as the ladies’s month attracts to an finish.
Congratulating the fortunate winners, Wema Bank’s MD/CEO, Moruf Oseni (FCIB), firmly reiterated the {Bank}’s dedication to empowering girls to thrive in all points of their lives. In line with him,
“Wema Bank was based on the principle of empowerment. Since 1945, now we have carried on this legacy, selling {financial} inclusion for the indigenous individuals of Nigeria and empowering our individuals with the assets they should thrive. However for us, this journey has not been a one dimension matches all”.
“In recognition of the hole that exists in gender equality, now we have been intentional about creating tailor-made alternatives for girls via our women-focused proposition, SARA by Wema, and our huge vary of customised options and initiatives designed for girls. We now have merely leveraged the 5 for five Promo as yet one more method of supporting our girls, this girls’s month. For us, it’s all about affect, and we’re delighted to have put smiles on the faces of Nigerian girls from all throughout the nation. That’s the pleasure for us”.
“To the 131 girls who emerged winners, I say a hearty congratulations to you, and I take this chance to additionally thanks for selecting Wema Bank and persevering with to belief our providers. We don’t take it as a right. For 80 years, now we have pulled all stops to ship the highest quality of impactful banking to the individuals of Nigeria, and I boldly reaffirm that we’ll by no means relent in offering a rewarding, fulfilling and empowering banking expertise for each buyer of Wema Bank”, Oseni concluded.
From its grand commemoration of Worldwide Girls’s Day to giving out N11,000,000 to girls within the 5 for five Promo, disbursing billions of Naira in loans and {financial} help to offering market entry for girls, amongst different intentional acts of affect; Wema Bank continues to show itself a {financial} establishment that’s really dedicated to empowering girls.
The Wema Bank 5 for five Promo is open to each new and current prospects of Wema Bank. Any Nigerian from any a part of the nation can qualify to take part by assembly the minimal necessities of funding their Wema Bank/ALAT accounts and actively transacting.
