First Bank of Nigeria Limited has concluded arrangement for celebrating its Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (CR&S) initiatives. Th e FirstBank CR&S week themed ‘Promoting Kindness; Putting You First’ would witness the culmination and consolidation of the Bank’s interventions in social responsibility, promoting random acts of kinds across communities in the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria and FirstBank subsidiaries in United Kingdom and subSaharan Africa.
Th e bank said the programme is a refl ection of FirstBank’s brand promise to always put its customers fi rst while it reinforces the Bank’s role in driving sustainable development in the communities where it operates. Th e CR&S week according to the bank designed specifi cally to reignite acts of kindness in our society and the events are tailored towards reorientating the society along the right values; encouraging the citizenry to intentionally create positive impact in their immediate environment.
One of the major highlights of the week has been dubbed the SPARK initiative – Staff Promoting Acts of Random Kindness.Th e week-long activities will see FirstBank’s employees give their time and resources to promote random acts of kindness within their communities, driving welfare through giving and visits to orphanage/less privileged homes and IDPs.
Th e Bank would also hold career counseling sessions with secondary school students across the regions which would have staff coordinate impactful sessions that will inculcate fi nancial literacy and inclusion in young students. FirstBank’s CR&S Week is the fi rst of its kind in the Financial Service industry in Nigeria and it would spotlight the Bank’s corporate citizenship interventions to drive positive impact across various communities all in one week. According to the Bank’s Group Head, Marketing & Corporate Communications, Folake Ani-Mumuney, the CRS week was mooted to stimulate a better society with random acts of kindness.
“As an institution, we want to encourage the values of random kindness and we implore Nigerians and indeed everyone to go the extra mile to promote and celebrate kindness this week. Kindness does not have to be monetary but would always leave us with a better society we can all be proud of”, she enthused. First Bank of Nigeria Limited (First Bank) is Nigeria’s largest fi nancial services institution by total assets and gross earnings has more than 12 million customer accounts with over 750 branches providing a comprehensive range of retail and corporate fi nancial services.
Th e Bank has international presence through its subsidiaries, FBN Bank (UK) Limited in London and Paris, FBNBank in the Republic of Congo, Ghana, Th e Gambia, Guinea, SierraLeone and Senegal, as well as its Representative Offi ces in Johannesburg, Beijing and Abu Dhabi. Over the years, the Bank has led the fi nancing of private investment in infrastructure development in the Nigerian economy by playing key roles in the Federal Government’s privatisation and commercialisation schemes.
