The United Bank for Africa Ghana (UBA Ghana) has commissioned a state-of the-art sanitary facility with a borehole worth GHS130,000 for the people of Attrubuto in the Damongo township in the West Gonja Municipal Assembly of the Savannah Region.
The Bank constructed the facility to aid curb the nuisance of open defecation in the community and its related health hazards.
Head of Retail Bank, UBA Ghana, Peter Dery, said being one of the biggest banks in Africa and operating in 20 different African countries, UBA has been giving back to society through different initiatives.
“As a bank, corporate social responsibility is very key and paramount to whatever we do. We have so many initiatives and provision of this sanitary facility is one of them”, he said.
Mr Dery mentioned that UBA also had other important initiatives such as Read Africa, where the bank encourages Africans to read, National Essay Competition which is organized annually for second cycle students with, winners being offered scholarships to pay for their tertiary education and laptops as prices.
He appealed to the West Gonja Municipal Assembly to own the facility and take very good care of it with a high maintenance culture so that it will serve the purpose for which it was established.
He thanked the Savannah Regional Minister, Saeed Muhazu Jibril; and MP for Damongo, Samuel Abu Jinapor, for the cooperation accorded them during the construction of the facility.
Mr Jibril was full of praise to the bank, saying that as the then MCE for West Gonja Municipality when the collaboration between the UBA Ghana, West Gonja Municipality and Damongo MP started.
He was excited to see the completion and handing over of a decent sanitary facility for the people of Attrubuto. The Regional Minister appealed to the UBA Ghana through the representatives to consider opening a branch in Damango.
Mr Jibril said a lot of departments are springing up in Damongo since becoming the regional capital of the Savannah Region and therefore, it is becoming difficult for only one bank to control the cash flow in and out of the town.
So opening up a UBA branch in the town will help control the cash flow of the area, he added.
The UBA team included, Mr Dery – Head, Retail Bank, who spoke on behalf of the Managing Director; Henry Nii Dottey – Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications; and Francis Obuamah – Business Manager, Tamale Branch.
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