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Fidelity Bank extends Food Bank outreach to Eti-Osa LGA in Lagos

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L – R: Representative of the beneficiaries, Mrs. Victoria Olubiyo; Executive Technical Assistant to the Managing Director, Mr. Adebayo Adeyinka; and Team Lead, Corporate Social Responsibility, Mrs. Victoria Abuka (both of Fidelity Bank Plc); at the Fidelity Food Bank Outreach for Eti Osa residents held in Victoria Island recently.
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Leading financial institution, Fidelity Bank Plc has, reaffirmed its commitment to alleviating hunger and poverty with the distribution of food packs to residents of Eti-Osa Local Government Area, Lagos.

Executed under the Fidelity Food Bank programme, the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative is aimed at bolstering food distribution and promoting the economic resilience of vulnerable people across the country.

Speaking at the distribution event held at the corporate head office of the bank in Lagos, the Managing Director of Fidelity Bank, Dr. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe represented by the Executive Assistant to the Managing Director, Mr. Adebayo Adeyinka, emphasized the bank’s dedication to impacting its immediate community positively.

His words, “We are committed to extending our CSR activities in support of the federal government’s efforts to improve the lives of individuals and organizations. The Fidelity Food Bank is one way we are addressing the critical issue of food insecurity and hunger in our society.

“This initiative was conceptualized over a year ago by Fidelity Bank’s Managing Director, Dr. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, and it aims to tackle hunger and provide relief to vulnerable groups across the 36 states of Nigeria. Working with faith-based institutions and charity organizations, we distribute food packs on a monthly basis to communities across the country as we aim to improve food security and alleviate poverty on a national scale”.

On her part, the representative of the beneficiaries, Mrs. Victoria Olubiyo, thanked the bank for the outreach and enjoined other corporate organisations to replicate the gesture. She recalled how Fidelity Bank has always been supportive of the community by ensuring that it’s Automated Teller Machines (ATM) were always fully stocked with cash.

Ranked as one of the best banks in Nigeria, Fidelity Bank is a full-fledged customer com­mercial bank with over 8.3 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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