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Heritage Bank Supports Creative Industry

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The creative artistes, who participat­ed in this year’s edition of ‘Lagos Comic Con,’ got a boost from Heritage Bank Plc as thebank allayed their fears over inaccessib­ility of funds for operators in the industry. Speaking at the event held in Lagos, Chubike Agu of the Corporate Communicat­ions Department of Heritage Bank; commended the audience at the annual event for their perseveran­ce despite all hurdles against them. Agu disclosed that at Heritage Bank, our quest to create wealth across the nation is sacrosanct. According to him, Heritage Bank is known for its paradigm, Timeless Wealth Parter, and it is living up to it; as it gives due financial support to the various sectors of the nation’s economy. He stated that Heritage Bank developed interest in the programme because of the potential in the industry. Agunotedt hat with the degree of expertise exhibited by the participat­ing artists in the areas of comics, animation, and gaming film, the future is bright for the creative industry in Nigeria. The Convener of Lagos Comic Con (LCC) and Founder, Mustard seed Communicat­ion Internatio­nal; A yo de le E leg ba, explained that the motive of organ is in gt he event was to em power the participat­ing creative artists and others. The target audience, he stated, included entreprene­urs, artists (both veteran and young), as well as prospectiv­e investors. “We do this with keen eyes on the desired future we are building together and not forgetting, even for a second, to always be worthy representa­tives of our rich cultural heritage in the message of our arts .”

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