Over 1,500 residents have benefited from a Fidelity Food Bank outreach in the Kabuga community, Dala Local Government Area of Kano State.
According to a statement from the bank on Wednesday, the initiative was a corporate social responsibility programme executed in partnership with the Misnoory Foundation. It saw the staff of the bank distribute essential food items to support people during the holy month of Ramadan.
Through its food bank, Fidelity Bank provides communities and the underserved with free food items. Some parts of the country that have benefited from the initiative include Benue, Oyo, Nasarawa, Ondo, Zaria and others.
Commenting on the distribution event, Divisional Head, Brands and Communications, Fidelity Bank Plc, Dr Meksley Nwagboh, emphasised the bank’s dedication to supporting its host communities through impactful projects.
“Social responsibility is at the heart of who we are as a bank. Our Fidelity Food Bank initiative is one of the ways we drive social welfare in our host communities. The initiative was launched to support the vulnerable and alleviate the impact of hunger in society as part of our contribution to Sustainable Development Goal 2, which aims to achieve zero hunger.
“Consequently, we have distributed more than 150,000 food packs at outreach events like this across the country since April 2023, when we launched the initiative. Our outreach in Kabuga is designed to support women, widows, children and the community with food items for the Ramadan season,” Nwagboh said.
On her part, the founder of the Misnoory Foundation, Maryam Isa Inuwa, stated that “the commitment of the foundation towards poverty alleviation and various humanitarian support to society’s most vulnerable members perfectly aligns with the Fidelity Bank initiative.
“Fidelity Bank is one of the major sponsors of our humanitarian outreaches to the needy in the society. The foundation is delighted to count on the bank as a long-standing partner. We seek to touch the lives of many people in need through our various humanitarian efforts across different communities, and today, it is the turn of the Kabuga community to benefit from the Fidelity Food Bank programme.”
Ranked among the best banks in Nigeria, Fidelity Bank Plc is a full-fledged commercial deposit money bank serving over 8.5 million customers through digital banking channels, its 255 business offices in Nigeria and its United Kingdom subsidiary, FidBank UK Limited.
