Polaris Bank Donates School Materials to Gbaja Girls Secondary School.

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Polaris Bank, in partnership with Evolve Trust Charity, recently donated school essentials to Gbaja Girls Junior and Senior High School in Surulere, Lagos. This initiative is part of the bank’s ongoing efforts to empower students, particularly the girl child, and bridge the educational gap in Nigeria.

The partnership, which began in 2021, has already reached over 15,000 students across 35 public schools in nine states, including Lagos, Kano, Kogi, Imo, and FCT, Abuja. The initiative includes providing students with brain training techniques, emotional intelligence education, and essential school materials such as bags, uniforms, sandals, books, and pens.

Speaking at the presentation, Mrs. Abimbola Ozomah, Executive Director, Corporate and Investment Banking at Polaris Bank, emphasised the bank’s commitment to empowering the girl child. “This event is not just about distributing educational materials but empowering girls for bigger roles because educated girls grow into informed women. At Polaris Bank, we are committed to bridging the educational gap, empowering girls, and building sustainability aligning with global frameworks,” she said.

Ozomah also encouraged the students to take advantage of the opportunities provided by education. 

“Education is the most powerful tool at your disposal, and you have to utilise it to the maximum. Polaris Bank will not relent in supporting this laudable mission to empower girls who will drive the needed change to better our country and world,” she added.

Ejeh Godwin, Programme Manager at Evolve Charity Trust, thanked Polaris Bank for its support, stating that the partnership has enabled the trust to expand its reach and support more schools. 

“I want to especially appreciate Polaris Bank for their tremendous support since 2021, when the partnership started. We couldn’t have done this alone or come this far without their support. We have expanded our reach and hope to even bring more schools in other states on board this year, all thanks to Polaris Bank.” Godwin said.

The principal of Gbaja Girls Junior High School, Mrs. Dabiri Nwabuoku Adetoun Iyabo, also expressed her gratitude to Polaris Bank for including the school in the intervention program. 

“I want to specially thank Polaris Bank on behalf of staff and students for finding us worthy of benefiting from this laudable program. You can feel the energy in the hall that the students are happy and so are the staff. This has boosted our morale, and we are incredibly happy about it,” she said.

One of the beneficiaries, Bankole Oreofeoluwa Emmanuella, thanked Polaris Bank for the donation and promised to put the items to good use. “My friends and I are happy about this gesture from Polaris Bank, and we can’t thank the bank enough. These items will further ease our learning, and we promise to not only put them to judicious use but also imbibe good maintenance culture,” Emmanuella said.

The event ended with the presentation of the school essentials to the students by officials of Polaris Bank and Evolve Trust Charity.

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