L—R: Mr Busari Abdulwahab (Ag. Bursar), Mrs Bisilola Alagbe (Librarian), Dr. Bimbo Akorede ( Group Head SW 1), Engr Nallah Mustapha (Director for works) and Engr Dr. Abdul Jimoh Muhammed (Rector) |
The Bank made the commitment in Ilorin, Kwara state capital
on Tuesday at the presentation of a cheque of N5million to support the management
of Kwara state Polytechnic, Ilorin, for the take-off of Open Distance Learning
project of the Polytechnic.
Polaris Bank’s Group Head, South West, Dr. Bimbo Akorede
stated that, the Bank’s gesture was meant to give back to the institution in
line with one of its CSR strategic pillars of Education and also in an efforts
to cement the partnerships between the two organisations.
Dr. Akorede stated that, the development would also assist
the Polytechnic to add more value to the quality of education of the students
of the institution.
The Regional Boss of the Bank further explained that, “the
Bank in its efforts to fulfil its Corporate Social Responsibility mandate in
the communities where it operates, has seen many institutions of higher learning
being a beneficiary of such gesture in moving the nation’s tertiary
institutions forward.
According to him, “Today,
Polaris Bank has over 250 branches that cut across the 6 geopolitical
zones and the 36 state of the federation.
“We pride ourselves in the offering of excellent customer
experience which we do majorly, based on our people-friendly service delivery
and investment in ICT to ensure that our customers experience seamless
transactions in all our touch points”.
Dr. Akorede who represented Polaris Bank’s Managing
Director/CEO, Mr. Innocent C.Ike said ,”Today, in adherence to Sustainable
Development Goals and especially goal number 4, quality education for all and
every place or environment we find ourselves, we always like to give back to
the society especially for institutions like Kwara Polytechnic”.
In his word: “What we are doing today, we have done similar
things and more across higher institutions of learning in Nigeria. We are proud
to mention one or two we did in Nigeria. We did for University of Maiduguri, we
did our CSR to University of Ibadan, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
(LAUTEC) Ogbomoso, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) and Lagos University
Teaching Hospital (LUTH).
“In University of Ilorin, we partnered with the University
on the provision of multi-functional cards to all the students. In 2018, a
student of the school won a N5m for her educational support and this we did at
Polaris Bank.
He noted that, “Again, we look at this gesture for the long
term benefit, CSR is not just coming to an environment to take profit and be
selfish in that environment, No, we want to give back in our own little way
towards the Sustainability of the environment and give back to the people and
also contribute meaningfully to the planet.
In his response, Rector of Kwara State Polytechnic, ilorin,
Dr. Abduljimoh Muhammed commended Polaris Bank limited for its assistance
towards completion of a befitting Computer Based Centre (CBC) for the
institution and urged the Bank to do more to ensure the realisation of the
project.
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