FirstBank Nigeria Limited and the University of Lagos have reaffirmed their joint commitment to driving academic research, ethical leadership, and structured support for small and medium-sized enterprises across the country.
The institutions demonstrated this partnership at the FirstBank Samuel Asabia Professorial Chair in Business Ethics Public Lecture, held recently at the George Ade Ajayi Auditorium, UNILAG, where industry leaders and scholars convened to advocate for business ethics that extend from corporate boardrooms directly to everyday micro-enterprises.
Speaking on the theme, ‘Ethical Paradoxes, Small Businesses, and the Informal Economy: Lessons for Tax Compliance and Accountability,’ the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of FirstBank Group, Olusegun Alebiosu, highlighted that the informal sector contributes approximately 42.5 per cent to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product.
Representing the Vice Chancellor of UNILAG, Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Prof. Mathew Ilori, commended FirstBank’s enduring endowment initiative, assuring that the university remains committed to
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