Ghana: FBNBank Ghana supports Green Ghana project

FBNBank Ghana has made a donation to the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources in support of this year’s Green Ghana Project at a short ceremony which formed part of a tree planting activity undertaken under the auspices of Rotary District 9102 at Pantang Hospital in the La Nkwatanang Municipality in the Greater Accra Region.

The Green Ghana Project is an initiative of the Government of Ghana which started in 2021 with a day set aside, dubbed, ‘Green Ghana Day’, to create awareness across the country on the need for collective action towards the restoration of the country’s lost forest cover.

The government is targeting to plant some 10 million trees this year. Some benefits of Green Ghana include inculcating the values of planting and nurturing trees, enhancing livelihoods to rural communities through engagement in the production of seeds, creating national awareness of the necessity of collective action towards the restoration of degraded landscape in the country and above all mitigate climate change.

FBNBank’s contribution of Twenty Thousand Ghana Cedis (GHS20,000) was made in line with the Bank’s Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability (CR&S) agenda which has the environment as one of its pillars.

Making the presentation, Mr. Victor Yaw Asante, the Managing Director of FBNBank and the Rotary District 9102 Governor said, “conserving the environment is a responsibility that must be headed by all to secure a sustainable future for Ghana. To that we remain focused on putting our customers and communities first. This, we have sought to do through the rich value and excellence of what the Bank contributes to the relationship with its stakeholders as a whole, particularly the customers.”

The cheque was received on behalf of the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources by the Honourable Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Mr. Benito Owusu-Bio who expressed his gratitude to FBNBank for their kind gesture and also commended the Bank for demonstrating leadership in supporting government’s effort in the Green Ghana campaign. He also urged Ghanaians to get involved in the national “Let’s Go Tree Planting” initiative which would see the government leading the charge to plant over 10 million trees.

Ghana has been losing its green cover at an alarming rate over the past decade and this has called for serious action on the part of all to arrest the deforestation. According to Global Forest Watch in their report, Ghana Deforestation Rates & Statistics, “In 2010, Ghana had 7.00Mha of natural forest, extending over 30 percent of its land area. In 2021, it lost 101kha of natural forest, equivalent to 62.9Mt of CO₂ emissions”. Ghana has some estimated 6.6 million hectares of forest, made up of 1.2 million hectares of closed forest and 5.4 million hectares of open forest. These have, however, come under threat, largely, from activities such as illegal mining and illegal logging.

FBNBank has in its 27 years of operating in Ghana remained focused on putting its customers and communities first. This, it has sought to do through the rich value and excellence of what the Bank contributes to the relationship with its stakeholders as a whole, particularly customers.

FBNBank Ghana is a member of the First Bank of Nigeria Limited Group which is renowned for its great customer service and general stakeholder engagement garnered over its 128 years of operation. FBNBank has 23 branches and three service centres across the country with almost 500 staff. FBNBank offers universal banking services to individuals and businesses in Ghana.