While addressing Nasarawa State indigenes during the commissioning of the first branch of the bank in Lafia, the state capital, the regional manager of Stanbic IBTC, Bala Shehu said that his bank would look into the possibility of funding the export of sesame seeds which is cultivated in abundance in the region.

According to The Guardian, he assured that the bank would do all it can to protect the interest of the farmers and will deploy its products and services to meet the demands of the people of the state.

According to the regional manager, the development of infrastructure and socio-economic potentials of the state is of great importance and as such the bank would partner with the state government to ensure its upgrading.

Nassarawa State is richly endowed with both agricultural and solid mineral resources that would elevate the livelihood of the people if rightly harnessed.

The state government, represented by the commissioner for finance, Ahmed Agyina, assured the bank of government's support and patronage to enable it realise its fiscal objectives in the state.

The commissioner called on genuine investors in the state, in Nigeria and the world over to take advantage of the bank's services to establish profitable ventures that would improve the socio-economic development of the state and the nation as a whole.