Story by Isaac Asare
The
Royal Bank Foundation, a subsidiary of the Royal Bank Limited, has facilitated
the provision of 19 boreholes in selected needy communities of the Upper East
Region.
Beneficiary Communities are mainly from the Navrongo Area Council
including the Kassena-Nankana West, Nabdam, Bawku West and the Builsa North
District.
The gesture which forms part
of the Bank’s Corporate Social Responsibility has at the beginning of the year ensured
the construction of 37 boreholes across the region.
At a grand commissioning at Katui Asania in the Kassena-Nankana West, the Board Chairman of the
Bank, Dr Kofi Kodua Sarpong said the primary objective of the Bank is to extend
its outreach intervention to deprived areas of the country regardless of its
non-existence in such areas.
He said the bank believe in total inclusion and
will ensure the provision of similar projects in other needy communities.
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The
Royal Bank Limited, which is a member of the Global Haulage Company Limited, a renowned
private transport entity gave birth to the Royal Bank Foundation.
The idea is to reach out to needy communities in the area of health, water and
sanitation as well as support for education, culture and sports among other
thematic areas.
Aside its official mandate of undertaking all banking and
banking related transactions has since its inception in December 2012 embarked
on a number of flagship charity ventures in needy communities.
Though the bank
operates mainly in the urban areas, it has extended its Corporate Social
responsibility to benefit areas where its operations are non-existent.
So far
19 communities in the Upper East have benefited from the gesture. Beneficiary communities
include Namolo, Gana, Pinda, Kusingu, Begwebia, Sakom and Timonde.
At a joint
commissioning of a borehole at Katui Asania, the Board Chairman of the Bank, Dr
Kofi Kodua Sarpong, said the focus is to construct over 60 boreholes by close
of the year.
The
symbolic commissioning of the project was done under the distinguish patronage
of Dr Adamu Iddrisu, Founder of the Royal Bank and a native of Katui.
Speaking
to Radio Ghana, the Assembly member for the area, Daniel Azuponga Ayagitam,
said the provision of the facility has brought some relief to the people but
said more was needed to assist the community overcome its water challenges.
Management
of the bank led by Dr Adamu Iddrisu, earlier paid a courtesy call on the Chief
of Katui, Pe Murtala Ayikode Zanguio Atoge IV at his family house to announce
his presence and brief him on the purpose of the visit.
Dr Addrisu was accompanied by the Chairman of
the Foundation, Rev Faustell Asogba Cofie, the Managing Director and CEO of the
bank, Robert Kow Bentil and the Head of Operations, Dr Kwame Baa-Nuako among other board members.
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