Afinancial services provider, 9 Payment Service Bank (9PSB) and the Lagos Food Bank Initiative(LFBI) have partnered to give curated food boxes to the elderly and widows
The packs will be distributed in Isolo, Alimosho, Mushin, and Lagos Island as part of activities to commemorate the bank’s third anniversary.
9PSB had presented educational supplies to two primary schools in Kano and gave food and relief supplies to physically challenged pupils in Abuja.
The partnership is aimed at providing families experiencing food insecurity with carefully selected food boxes filled with necessities and staple foods.
The firm said the programme is consistent with its corporate social responsibility, community engagement and key values.
Chief Executive Officer, Branka Mracajac, speaking during the outreach, said: ““In our quest to stay committed to driving financial inclusion by collaborating and providing innovative and tailor-made financial products and services to the underserved on our mission to bank9ja, our team deemed it fit not to limit the anniversary celebration to an internal affair but to also reach out to the vulnerable in the society, which has birthed the outreach with LFBI.”
Executive Director of the Lagos Food Bank Initiative (LFBI), Micheal Sunbola, while felicitating with 9PSB on its third anniversary, thanked the bank for the partnership and highlighted the importance of such in addressing hunger, especially in the light of the present economic realities.
He commended 9PSB for the initiative and expressed the desire for more areas of collaboration in the future.
Dedicated to combating hunger and malnutrition in Lagos State, Lagos Food Bank Initiative is a non-profit organisation. Through various programmes, the charity feeds underprivileged communities and supports their nutrition.
