The National Assembly on Thursday presented a disability friendly bank award to global financial institution, the United Bank of Africa (UBA) in recognition of its numerous banking products which are easily accessible to the physically challenged persons in the society.
The Award was presented to the financial institution by the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Disability, Hon. Bashiru Dawodu, at the National Assembly Complex, in Abuja.
Dawodu said, “The United Bank for Africa is specifically recognised for its outstanding performance on disability affairs especially the visually impaired.
“This committee is a one-stop shop for the community of persons with disabilities. So, when we were requesting for nominations for organisations or agencies that have been great to persons with disabilities, UBA was nominated.
“Those who sent in their nominations to the National Assembly specifically preferred the UBA for their efforts towards the visually impaired in banking. So, that is why UBA is being recognised today specifically for that particular effort.”
In his response, the Executive Director, (North) of the UBA, Mr. Alex Alozie, accompanied by the Manager of the National Assembly branch of the Bank, Ms. May Ikhile, commended the National Assembly for bestowing the award on the bank.
Alozie said, “l say thank you to the House of Representatives for this honour. I also want to promise that UBA will move on. We have not gotten to the promised land, but the most important thing is that we know where we are going and we’ll get to the promised land.”
On why the UBA decided to take the issue of disability as a priority, Alozie said, “The issue of disability is an aspect most corporate organisations are omitting.
“Being a socially responsible organisation and a bank, we feel that we need to pay back to the society and feel that this is one area that’s neglected by everybody.
“That is why UBA comes to lend a helping hand, it will touch a lot of people and that was the reason UBA decided to pay attention to that.
“We printed account opening forms for the visually impaired, which was not an easy thing. We distributed them and we have a lot of people that have actually opened an account in UBA across all states in Nigeria.”
Credit: thenationonlineng.net
