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Hi, I am conducting a research on the impact of financial statement on investment decision making in Ecobank PLC, Nigeria. The main objective of this survey is to ascertain the relationship between financial statement and investment decision as well as to assess the trend of key performance index and investment decision component in financial statement of Ecobank Nigeria Plc. The link to the questionnaire is https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdPHoVfTQ1rw_lUdhI9UjM3mVm6d3mLEklL Hu_-LEwBxBuUYA/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&usp=mail_form_link

Thanks for your willingness to participate in this survey.

Kind Regards,

Ajibowu Taiwo Griffith College, Dublin.