Following the well-publicized launch by Fidelity Bank Plc of its new CSR initiatives to reduce poverty and alleviate hunger in the society, known as Fidelity Food Bank at a Catholic Church in Lagos, many Nigerians especially Muslims who recently celebrated Sallah have started asking how to access the food bank services.
Business Hilights recalls that Fidelity Bank has in a news publication said through the initiative, the bank would partner with carefully selected charity organizations across Nigeria to provide food items to members of the society monthly.
Accordingly people are asking on how to locate the partners and know more on how the food can be accessed.
Recall that at an event held to officially launch the project at the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, Victoria Island, Lagos, MD/CEO, Fidelity Bank Plc, Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe said, “According to the Global Hunger Index, an estimated 2.4 billion people, which represents more than 30 per cent of the world’s population, faced severe food insecurity in 2022. In Nigeria, data published by the National Bureau of Statistics in 2022, stated that over 133 million Nigerians are multidimensionally poor and the major issue is hunger.
“We recognize that one of the ways we can contribute to reducing the challenges of hunger, poverty, malnutrition and infant/maternal mortality is by the introduction of The Fidelity Food Bank initiative,” Onyeali-Ikpe said.
Meanwhile, efforts to get the details of the partners and operations of the Food Bank as at press time failed.
