• Staff volunteer September salary
Nigeria’s premier non-interest bank, Jaiz Bank Plc, has donated more than N110 million to support victims of the recent flood disaster that wreaked havoc on Maiduguri and its environs in Borno State.
Chairman, Jaiz Bank Plc, Alhaji Mustapha Bintube, who led the bank’s board team to Maiduguri, Borno State, donated N100 million, including N50 million in cash and N50 million in kind, to the flood victims through Governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Zulum, at the Government House.
Said he: “We have seen what has happened, we have heard it and we feel it. So, we have come with a modest contribution to the tune of N100 million”.
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He informed the Governor that Jaiz Bank staff had also volunteered to give some part of their September salary to support the flood victims.
Receiving the donation on behalf of the victims, Governor Zulum lauded the Jaiz Bank team saying the kind gesture was a show compassion and love for the people of Borno State.
In the same vein, the Jaiz Bank board team proceeded to the palace of the Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Umar Garba Al Amin El-Kanemi, and made a donation of N10 million.