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In recognition of its products which it described as easily accessible to the physically challenged people, the National Assembly on Thursday, honoured the United Bank of Africa with a disability friendly award.
Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Disability, Honourable Bashiru Dawodu, presented the award to the financial institution at the National Assembly complex.
The lawmaker recalled that those who sent in nominations settled for the Bank because of its special consideration for the visually impaired in society.
He said: “The United Bank Africa is specifically recognised for their 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 their nominations to the National Assembly specifically preferred the UBA for their efforts towards the visually impaired in banking. So, that is why UBA has been recognised today specifically for that particular effort.”
Executive Director, (North) of the UBA, Mr. Alex Alozie, who received the award on behalf of his bank thanked the National Assembly for bestowing the award on the bank.
He 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”.
He said, “Being a socially responsible organization and a bank, we feel that we need to pay back to 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 an account opening form 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.”
