FCMB, FOUNDATION OFFER EYE TREATMENT TO 400,000 NIGERIANS
First City Monument Bank (FCMB) and its implementation partner, the Tulsi Chanrai Foundation (TCF), have through the Priceless Gift of Sight programme, provided free eye care to over 400,000 Nigerians.
The programme, highlighted by a recent outreach in Calabar, Cross River State, provides testing, optical services, surgeries and disease management to combat preventable blindness.
Mr Diran Olojo, FCMB’s Group Head of Corporate Affairs, said, “The intervention by First City Monument Bank and the Tulsi Chanrai Foundation is laudable,” said Reverend (Mrs.) Eyoanwan Bassey Otu, wife of the Cross River State governor as quoted in a statement by FCMB.
“Both organisations have demonstrated a genuine concern for humanity. We are pleased that thousands of people across Nigeria, including many from Cross River and the neighbouring states, suffering from one form of eye defect or another, can now go back to their normal lives and pursue their aspirations.
“Our collaboration with the Tulsi Chanrai Foundation has been instrumental in delivering critical eye care services.”He emphasised the initiative’s alignment with FCMB’s broader commitment to social sustainability and equal opportunity for all.
The Priceless Gift of Sight addresses a critical need, as 90 per cent of blind people globally live in poverty-stricken areas.“Blindness often leads to loss of income, social isolation and limited access to information,” Olojo stated, adding, “This initiative is crucial in breaking the cycle of poverty and blindness.”
FCMB, a part of the FCMB Group, said it was committed to making life better and empowering communities where it operated. The Priceless Gift of Sight programme shows how serious the bank is about helping people and positively impacting the lives of Nigerians.
