{"id":54221,"date":"2021-11-28T19:05:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-28T18:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=54221"},"modified":"2021-11-28T19:05:51","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T18:05:51","slug":"uba-foundation-projects-message-of-hope-encouragement-as-uzoka-lights-up-the-foundations-garden-ahead-of-the-yuletide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/uba-foundation-projects-message-of-hope-encouragement-as-uzoka-lights-up-the-foundations-garden-ahead-of-the-yuletide\/","title":{"rendered":"UBA Foundation Projects Message of Hope, Encouragement as Uzoka Lights Up The Foundation\u2019s Garden Ahead Of The Yuletide."},"content":{"rendered":"

…Set to Give Back at\u00a0<\/b>Its\u00a0<\/b>Annual Food Bank<\/b><\/p>\n

Africa\u2019s global bank, United Bank for Africa, through its UBA Foundation has been spreading\u00a0joy across Africa for many years as they continue to give back to the underpriviledged in the communities in which they operate.<\/p>\n

At the UBA Foundation gardens in Lagos where the bank is head quartered, a lights up ceremony was held to mark the start of the festive season. The garden lights were activated by\u00a0UBA’s Group Managing Director\/Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Kennedy Uzoka\u00a0who\u00a0was joined by other key management staff and some customers of the bank.<\/p>\n

Uzoka who is also the chairman of\u00a0\u00a0the\u00a0UBA Foundation,\u00a0emphasised that giving back was the main tenet of the UBA Foundation. He said \u2018We\u00a0have over the years, engaged in various activities aimed at appreciating our host communities all around Africa and especially in countries where we operate and so for us, these lights symbolise hope for the future and all the goodness it will bring into people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n

\u2018it is hard to believe that we have been in this pandemic for almost two years. People have lost friends and family members and businesses decimated by the effects of the pandemic. There has been a general feeling of hopelessness but our desire is to fill people\u2019s lives with hope once again.\u2019 Continued Uzoka.<\/p>\n

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l-r: Group Head, Customer Fulfilment Centre(CFC), United Bank for Africa Plc, Prince Ayewoh; Group Head, Personal Banking and Retail Liabilities, Ogechi Altraide; Deputy Managing Director, Oliver Alawuba; Group Managing Director\/CEO, United Bank for Africa Plc, Mr. Kennedy Uzoka; Executive Director, Chiugo Ndubisi;\u00a0 UBA Foundation, Bola Atta;\u00a0 Head, Commercial and Corporate Banking, Muyiwa Akinyemi; and Head of Operations, Alex Alozie, at the \u00a02021 Christmas and New Year Light Up Ceremony of UBA Foundation, Garden, by \u00a0UBA Foundation at Marina, Lagos on Friday<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

The UBA Foundation has been very active in combatting the spread of Covid -19 across Africa as the bank did not waste any time at the start of the pandemic, donating\u00a0over $14m \u00a0to\u00a0its communities across\u00a0Africa to support the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>

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This year, the Foundation will be feeding tens of thousands of people across Africa through its annual Food bank initiative where food, hygiene products and other gifts items are handed over to those who have less, especially during the festive season.<\/p>\n

The CEO, UBA Foundation, Mrs Bola Atta, said that the light up ceremony was important for the Foundation\u00a0adding:\u00a0\u201cThis goes beyond lighting up\u00a0the\u00a0Marina and\u00a0adorning the streets with\u00a0beautiful colours.\u00a0It\u00a0reminds us as an institution of our promise to continue to touch lives and treat our communities with kindness.\u00a0We are living in very difficult times and a little gesture to put a smile on even one face, goes a very long way. We should all endeavour to do whatever we can, within our power, to uplift others\u2019<\/p>\n

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Group Managing Director\/CEO, United Bank for Africa Plc, Mr. Kennedy Uzoka; flanked by Executive Director, Chukwuma Nweke; Head of Operations, Alex Alozie; MD-CEO, UBA Foundation, Bola Atta, and other staff members at the \u00a02021 Christmas and New Year Light Up Ceremony of UBA Foundation Garden, at Marina, Lagos on Friday<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Lighting Ceremony which observed all necessary Covid-19 protocols was witnessed by members of staff and customers, and featured Christmas carols by UBA\u2019s CFC choir, as well as a guided tour around the beautiful UBA Foundation Garden at the Lagos Marina.<\/span><\/p>\n

UBA Foundation, the CSR arm of the UBA Group, is committed to the socio-economic betterment of the communities in which the bank operates, focusing on development in the areas of Education, the Environment, Economic Empowerment and other Special Projects.<\/span><\/p>\n

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