In a transfer to assist the present Nigerian authorities’s efforts to enhance Nigeria’s healthcare system via grassroots-oriented funding, Ekondo Microfinance Financial institution (MfB) has launched EKWASH and EKPURELYFE mortgage merchandise below the WaterCredit adoption programme in partnership with Water.org and the Nationwide Affiliation of Microfinance Banks (NAMB).
Talking through the unveiling of the progressive merchandise at Calabar, Cross River State, the managing director of the MfB, Charles Efedodama, mentioned the initiative was greater than a product, however represented the micro-credit lender’s dedication to bettering lives.
He maintained that entry to secure water and respectable sanitation remained not only a fundamental want however a powerful driver of well being, dignity, productiveness, and financial development.
In response to him, via the partnership with the NAMB and Water-org, Ekondo MfB is increasing monetary entry to households, small companies, and communities, enabling them to put money into water connections, boreholes, bogs, and hygiene amenities.
The banker defined: “At Ekondo MFB, our mission has all the time been to create worth and empower folks. At this time, we’re taking that mission to a deeper degree of influence. With Water.org offering technical experience and NAMB strengthening trade collaboration, we’re assured that this product will rework the lives of hundreds throughout Cross River State and past.
“To each household that can acquire entry to scrub water, to each lady relieved from spending hours fetching water, to each baby who can now keep at school — this is the reason we’re right here”, Efedodama pressured.
He recommended the MfB’s companions, board of administrators, workers and each stakeholder who made this launch of the WASH facility a actuality, including that “collectively, we aren’t simply launching a product — we’re launching hope, dignity, and a more healthy future for all Nigerians.”
In his remarks on the occasion, senior relationship account supervisor at Water.org, Gilbert Okpono, enthused: “At this time, we’re pleased with Ekondo Microfinance Financial institution for the launch of its new WSS mortgage merchandise captioned EKWASH and EKPURELYFE, respectively, below the WaterCredit adoption programme in partnership with Water.org and NAMB.
“This collaboration empowers communities with entry to secure water and sanitation whereas selling monetary inclusion. Collectively, we’re not simply launching a product—we’re driving more healthy lives and sustainable development”, he added.
