Unity Bank Plc says it has donated instructional materials to Okun Ajah Community Senior High School, as part of activities marking the 2016 Children’s Day.
The Okun Ajah Community Senior High School is a public school located on the shoreline of Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State.
According to a statement by the lender, the intervention is in line with its Corporate Social Responsibility’s philosophy of advancing the interests of host communities, especially those at the bottom of the pyramid.
The items donated were Internet facility for the schools Information and Communications Technology centre, a multi-functional photocopying machine to enhance the efficiency of the school’s administration and textbooks for the school library.
An Executive Director, Unity Bank, Mr. Dahiru Chadi, who presented the items to the school on behalf of the lender, said the gesture was in response to government’s call on corporate organisations to contribute to the development of the institution.
“This presentation is to celebrate the Children’s Day and give value to educational development in our communities,” he said.
The three areas of intervention selected, according to him, are to ensure that more students from all classes are able to access the critical materials they need to upscale their performance. Over 400 books on different subjects were part of the items donated.