Access Bank gets Consistent Payment Of Education Tax Award.

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Access Bank has been recognised for its contribution to educational development through consistent payment of education tax.

The award according to a statement was presented by the Minister of Education, Prof. Ruquayyatu Ahmed Rufai at the Tax Payers’ Forum organised by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund to strengthen the Fund’s partnership corporate taxpayers in the country.

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TET Fund) was established with the strategic objective of using the two per cent tax paid from assessable profit of corporate companies to provide focused and transformative intervention in public tertiary institutions through effective project management for the improvement of quality of education in Nigeria.

Bolaji Agbede, Group Head, Human Capital Development, who received the award on behalf of the Bank commended the leadership of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund for the strategic intervention in the education sector.

“Access Bank as a responsible corporate citizen would continue to demonstrate leadership in responsible business practice as evidenced by its compliance, with statutory directives and contribution to education which is one of the five major areas of interventions in its corporate social responsibility strategy”, Agbede added.

 


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