Leading financial institution -Fidelity Bank PLC -has distributed food packs to women, widows, children, and the vulnerable in Keffi, Nasarawa State as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities.
Addressing
newsmen in Keffi, Nasarawa state during the distribution event tagged,
“Fidelity Food Bank Initiative”, which was carried out in partnership with
ABBASID Charity Foundation, the Divisional Head, Brand and Communication Plc,
Fidelity Bank, Meksley Nwagboh, emphasised the bank’s commitment to supporting
communities all across Nigeria through its Food bank initiative.
“Since April
2023 when we launched the Fidelity Food Bank initiative, we have distributed
over 100,000 food packs in more than 100 communities nationwide. This is borne
out of the premium we place on the wellbeing of our host communities as well as
our commitment to support the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable
Development Goals 1, 2 and 3 which speak to Poverty eradication, Zero Hunger
and Good Health and Well-Being respectively.”
On her part, the Founder of Abbasid Foundation, Hajia Hauwa Abbas, said the food bank drive started when she was chosen as the bank's Food Bank partner in the North and listed some of the benefitting states to include Jigawa, Zamfara, Zaria, Kebbi Bauchi, Kano and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The food
distribution event also saw Sen. Wadada Ahmed, representing Nasarawa West
Senatorial District, leverage the Fidelity Food Bank outreach to provide
additional food items to residents of the community.
Senator
Ahmed, who was represented by his wife, Zainab Wadada-Ahmed, said the move was
in continuation of his philanthropic gesture to his constituents especially for
orphans and widows.
''We are
here today to give back to our people and considering the hardship in the
country, this is the little that we can do. I appeal to well-meaning Nigerians
to try and collaborate to see how we can help the people that do not have'',
she said.
Appreciating
the gesture from the bank and her partners, one of the recipients, Mrs. Susan
Nyikwagh, urged other well-meaning persons and organisations to take a cue from
the bank and come to the aid of the vulnerable ones in the society.
Ranked as
one of the best banks in Nigeria, Fidelity Bank is a full-fledged customer
commercial bank with over 8.5 million customers serviced across its 251 business
offices in Nigeria and the United Kingdom as well as on digital banking
channels.
The bank has
won multiple local and international awards including the Export Finance Bank
of the Year at the 2023 BusinessDay Banks and Other Financial Institutions
(BAFI) Awards, the Best Payment Solution Provider Nigeria 2023 and Best SME
Bank Nigeria 2022 by the Global Banking and Finance Awards; Best Bank for SMEs
in Nigeria by the Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2023; and Best Domestic
Private Bank in Nigeria by the Euromoney Global Private Banking Awards 2023.
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