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Financial Inclusion:Bank Disburses N74m To Customers
Fidelity Bank Plc said, it has disbursed N74 million to lucky customers under its monthly Get Alert in Millions promo, targeted at financial inclusion.
The bank’s Executive Director, Shared Services, Mrs Chijioke Ugochukwu, gave the figure at the 7th Get Alert in Millions Promo Prize Presentation held in Lagos, Thursday.
Ugochukwu, said that the bank had distributed the sum since the promo commenced in August 2016 to strengthen savings culture among Nigerians.
She said that, the bank still had outstanding N31 million to give lucky winners before the end of the promo.
The executive director added that, the bank gave many consolation prizes such as refrigerators and power generating sets.
Ugochukwu urged the bank’s customers to key into the financial empowerment initiative, noting that, there were two more draws to end the promo.
She said that the promo, which would end in June, had brought glory to the bank due to its focus on improving the living standards of its customers.
“This promo is still alive and waxing strong; we still have in excess of N30 million to give out to customers,” Ugochukwu said.
She described the promotion as timely and unique.
The Tide source reports that, six customers that emerged star winners in the 7th promo draw nationwide got a total sum of nine million naira.
The winners include Emmanuel Omeje from Minna Branch, who won two million naira and Simon Egwuonu from Idumota Branch in Lagos, who won three million naira.
The others are Adams Jamiu from Iwo Branch, one million naira, Amarachi Okwu from Agbani Branch in Enugu State, one million naira, Ndor Eunice from Sapele Branch in Delta, one million naira, and Shedrach Ovat, Secretariat Branch, Abuja, also one million naira.
Egwuonu, who won the star prize of three million naira for Lagos Zone of the branch, commended the bank for the initiative.
He called on other customers to embrace the promo, saying that, he did not believe in it initialially.
“Sometimes, we see some promotions and feel they are about `who-knows-man’, but today I don’t know anybody in the bank but I emerged a winner,” he said.
Kenya made it a clean sweep at the Berlin Marathon with Sabastian Sawe winning the men’s race and Rosemary Wanjiru triumphing in the women’s.
Sawe finished in two hours, two minutes and 16 seconds to make it three wins in his first three marathons.
The 30-year-old, who was victorious at this year’s London Marathon, set a sizzling pace as he left the field behind and ran much of the race surrounded only by his pacesetters.
Japan’s Akasaki Akira came second after a powerful latter half of the race, finishing almost four minutes behind Sawe, while Ethiopia’s Chimdessa Debele followed in third.
“I did my best and I am happy for this performance,” said Sawe.
“I am so happy for this year. I felt well but you cannot change the weather. Next year will be better.”
Sawe had Kelvin Kiptum’s 2023 world record of 2:00:35 in his sights when he reached halfway in 1:00:12, but faded towards the end.
In the women’s race, Wanjiru sped away from the lead pack after 25 kilometers before finishing in 2:21:05.
Ethiopia’s Dera Dida followed three seconds behind Wanjiru, with Azmera Gebru, also of Ethiopia, coming third in 2:21:29.
Wanjiru’s time was 12 minutes slower than compatriot Ruth Chepng’etich’s world record of 2:09:56, which she set in Chicago in 2024.