FG commends FCMB, as bank donates school feeding portal to govt

THE Acting President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has commended First City Monument Bank (FCMB) for showing a strong commitment and support to the development of Nigeria through strategic partnerships with the public and private sectors over the years. The commitment, he emphasised, has gone a long way to strengthen government’s efforts towards enhancing the well-being of the country and the citizenry.

The Acting President gave the commendation during a visit by the Management of the Bank on May 30, 2017 to the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The visit provided an opportunity for the Bank’s management to formally donate to the Federal Government a robust Home grown School Feeding (HGSF) programme web portal developed by the Bank for deployment nationwide. The Office of the Vice President is in charge of this social investment programme, which was launched in July 2016. It is currently running in several states and when fully operational in all the 36 states, over 24 million school children will benefit from it thereby making it the largest school feeding programme in Africa.

Professor Osinbajo specifically hailed FCMB, “for being proactive and demonstrating tremendous interest towards the success of the HGSF programme. From what I have seen, this portal is an excellent initiative and the bank should be commended not just for this, but for being a partner in progress over the years.’’

He added that apart from improving child nutrition and healthy living, the free school feeding programme will increase enrolment of children, boost agricultural production and its associated value chain as well as create employment opportunities in all sectors.