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FCMB Partners Govts On Environmental Sanitation
As part of its social responsibility, the First City Monument Bank, FCMB Plc is to partner states, local governments to ensure a sustainable environment through a social engagement to educate those within its communities on the immense benefits of maintaining a clean and healthy environment.
Achia Tor Agbidye, branch manager, FCM Bank, Makurdi gave this indication at the launch of the bank’s committed-to-green, C2G, programme.
Towards this end, the bank has undertaken to support the efforts of the state and local governments all over Nigeria in their waste management process by cleaning deserving locations around the communities where the bank operates.
According to Agbidye, this special environmental exercise has since commenced in other locations within the country such as Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt and Kano States.
“We are passionate about becoming the best socially responsible brand in the country by improving the quality of lives of people within the communities where the bank operates.
Continuing, the bank manager explained that the institution has embarked on strategic activities ‘to drive our three main focal points alleviation, economic empowerment and the environment’.
He said the programme an on-going exercise will serve as a vehicle to help reach the people of Benue State and create the necessary awareness of the merits of maintaining good waste management practices.
He said that the programme is going to be in alignment with the state government’s efforts towards environmental sanitation, beautification and waste management.