By Uche Mbah
Fidelity bank has boosted Benue state First Lady’s foundation with the sum of N10 million through the Eunice Spring Of life Foundation, ESLF, her pet project. This is in line with the Bank’s principle of reaching out to the community where their branches are domiciled, as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility.
It was also part of the bank’s contributions towards the fight against the dreaded coronavirus disease, or covid 19.
According to Fidelity Bank’s Executive Director, North, Hassan Imam, the bank was delighted with ESLF’s interventions in its four strategic areas of Education, Health, Governance and Economic Empowerment.
According to Imam, ESLF boasts of unique and sustainable initiatives that would be most impactful in the lives of the vulnerable people in the society. Whilst disclosing that the Foundation’s laudable initiatives prompted the donation from the bank, he assured that the donation would not be a one-off support.
Receiving the cheque on behalf of ESLF, the Founder of the organisation and First Lady of Benue State, Dr. Eunice Ortom, expressed gratitude to the bank for the gesture and promised that the foundation would make judicious use of the financial support.
Earlier, the ESLF Programme Manager, Tine Agernor, pointed out that the Foundation had intervened in the areas of skills acquisition, economic empowerment for women and youths. Agernor said the Foundation was eager to partner with well-meaning individuals and organisations to carry out these humanitarian efforts.
Earlier in the month, the Bank donated the sum of N10 million to Kebbi state government as their support in the fight against Covid 19.
The Regional Manager of the Bank, Mallam Salihu Jibrin, presented the cheque to the governor’s Chief of staff, Alhaji Suleiman Muhammad Argungu, at Government House, Birnin Kebbi state.
He pledged more assistance to the bank.
“Although the donation of N5 million by the bank could be described as a token, it would aid ongoing efforts by the state government in containing the Covid-19 scourge,” he said.
