Fidelity Bank Employs "World's Greatest Teacher"

Fidelity Bank Plc has employed a physically challenged Chemical Engineering graduate, Mr. Michael Sowunmi, popularly known as “the world’s greatest teacher”.

He will currently occupy the position of a facilitator at the bank’s training academy known as CREST Academy.

This was disclosed by the Chief Executive Officer, Fidelity Bank, Mr. Nnamdi Okonkwo during the bank’s 2019 end of the year and the customer recognition party tagged "Give Them Wings" which took place during the weekend at Eko hotel,  Lagos.

Okonkwo added that it is the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policy of the bank aimed at elevating the less privileged in the society.

“Sowunmi’s case is not an isolated one, we have indeed demonstrated our passion for lifting people in several ways as you have seen tonight with the case of Tim Godfrey and DJ Slim V and the Fidelity Youth Empowerment Academy”, he said.

In addition, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Ernest Ebi, explained what the bank’s Youth Empowerment Academy (YEA) means.

He described it as a charitable platform designed to transform the lives of beneficiaries from being financially independent and being financially dependent and self-reliant.

“Fidelity Bank is making the youths turn their passion into a pay cheque through empowerment programmes which include vocational training in fashion, make-up, coding, catering and more,” he said.