Health and Welfare Development

The development of health and welfare in FirstBank is based on a user-defined needs assessment while prioritising in the areas of cancer, kidney and cardiological health. The Bank in 2009 financial year made the following commitments in health and welfare:

• N24.8 million to the proposed Nigerian Red Cross Clinic in Ibadan, being 60% advance payment for the clinic.
• N3.5 million to Down Syndrome Association of Nigeria towards saving the life of one of the children in the Down Syndrome Centre, Lagos, diagnosed with a congenital heart disease.
• N2 million to the Awareness Workshops on Autism Spectrum Disorder.
• N1 million for the treatment of heart patients under the auspices of Kanu Heart Foundation.
• N1 million to the Arrow of God orphanage, Lagos.
• Other interventions of the Bank in health and welfare include: support for the International White Cane Day for the Blind with N0.9 million, additional payment for Mr Chilaka's kidney transplant with N0.89 million, Nigerian Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) Zonal Conference on Breast Feeding with N0.5 million, the 2009 International Cancer Week with N0.5 million, the Bloom Cancer Care & Support Centre with N0.25 million and a donation of N0.25 million to Mr Kesinro Olu to facilitate purchase of his son's hearing aid.