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Vodafone, Telecom, HFC Bank, Reserve Bank, Venu Shipping & Fiji Care Insurance sponsored Economic Summit – Gounder

Vodafone, Telecom, HFC Bank, Reserve Bank, Venu Shipping & Fiji Care Insurance sponsored Economic Summit – Gounder

By Rashika Kumar
21/04/2023
Permanent Secretary for Finance Shiri Gounder. [Image: Fiji Government]

Vodafone Fiji, Telecom Fiji, HFC Bank, Reserve Bank of Fiji, Venu Shipping and Fiji Care Insurance provided sponsorship to the National Economic Summit.

This has been confirmed by the Permanent Secretary for Finance Shiri Gounder at the conclusion of the Summit.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Professor Biman Prasad has said that a detailed report on the expenses and sponsors will be provided after the summit.

Meanwhile, Gounder has also thanked 8 USP students who were part of the discussions, actively participated in the thematic groups and helped them with the note taking and assisting with other logistics.

He says the Ministry of Finance will now ensure that the inclusion of youth and students are part of their way of doing business at the Ministry of Finance as they want to give this opportunity to more students and youth for them to get involved, learn and contribute as they are future leaders.

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