Ask not what your country can do for you , but rather , ask what you can do for your country
— J.F.K.Kennedy
From personal experience, I know many people run into unexpected expenses. Being told there’s an unexpected contribution to be made once a quarter can be annoying enough, and frustrating as well.
It could be an unexpected passing of someone close or even the rising cost of living we are all facing right now. The more irritating thing about unexpected expenses is that they don’t always inform you in advance.
But how about getting notification when money you didn’t expect lands in your account? That was what happened to me on Tuesday. I’d finished having lunch with an Eritrean gentleman and was still relaxing at the restaurant in Victoria when a notification came in from First Bank.
It was a credit alert payment for “FGN Bond Cou/FGS:/FGS202886 5th IN.” What landed was a modest five figure sum. But it made the heart glad and actually made the strawberry milkshake I was having as a top up to go smoothly down the throat. There’s however more to it.
Here’s the thing. By investing in the Federal Government Savings Bonds, you’re helping the country execute its developmental plans and thereby part of the elite group that is always doing something to move the nation forward.
So, get ready to help the country when the July offer is announced. Even if it’s just five thousand Naira you can muster, start gathering it now.
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Tunde Oyedoyin is a London-based personal finance coach and founder of Money Intelligence Coaching Academy, a specialist academy of personal finance. He can be reached as follows: +447846089587 (WhatsApp only); E-mail: tu5oyed@gmail.com
