The projects which include the provision of maternal and
healthcare materials for hospitals, renovation and furnishing of a juvenile
correctional facility as well as provision of computers for secondary and
tertiary institutions were officially inaugurated on Thursday, 30 and Friday,
31 December 2021.
Speaking on the rationale behind the projects, Managing
Director/CEO, Fidelity Bank Plc, Mrs. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe said that the
initiatives were executed in pursuit of the Bank’s CSR objectives which are
centered on the environment, education, health/social welfare, and youth
empowerment.
According to Onyeali-Ikpe, “These projects, which are in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Nos. 3 – Good Health and Well-being and 4 – Quality Education; are in demonstration of our corporate belief that profits should not only be measured in naira but in terms of the wellbeing of our host communities. That is why we regularly look for opportunities to advance the fortunes of people in locations we do business”.
At the official handover of the renovated boys’ hostel and
administrative block facilities of the Oyo State Juvenile Correctional
Institution/Child Care Unit, Ijokodo, Ibadan, the Oyo State governor, Seyi
Makinde, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Women
Affairs and Social Inclusion, Mrs. Christiana Abioye, thanked Fidelity Bank for
the intervention explaining that, “Oyo state government, in its drive to
deliver a number of people oriented and social services to the teeming
population of the state, has been able to reach out to many individuals,
organisations and corporate groups to partner with it in the achievement of
these mandates through the running of an open and sincere administration.
“I am glad that the management of this financial institution
was able to avail itself of one of such opportunities offered by this
administration to discharge its Corporate Social Responsibility in the state
and in particular in this very special welfare institution”, said Gov. Seyi
Makinde.
Fidelity Bank is fast developing a reputation of a
people-friendly institution with its numerous CSR programmes. It would be
recalled that earlier in 2021, the bank completed the renovation of a primary
health care center and a block of classrooms in the Southeast and Southwest regions
of Nigeria respectively.
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