By Linda Kwanjana
FDH Bank (PLC) on Tuesday donated K150Million to Malawi Government over food response programme
Receiving the donation in Lilongwe, Minister of Finance, Joseph Mathyola Mwanamveka hailed FDH Bank for the donation.
“Firstly let me register our appreciation to FDH bank for responding to our request for the support,” he said.
He said “Today, they are giving us 150 million kwacha for us to assist in buying food so mine is a word of appreciation, the word of thanks to the bank, because they have shown indeed that they are indeed a good corporate citizen, a citizen or a partner, and that you also understand that our people, they are suffering. So would want to thank the bank, and also to ask other banks to do more in future,” he said.
Mwanamveka reiterated Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika commitment that no one will die of hunger.
Speaking during the ceremony FDH Bank Managing Director , Noel Mkulichi, said the Bank decided to donate the money because there was an appeal from the Minister of Finance that indeed, the country requires support in terms of food, and therefore we thought it wise to help.
“We needed to start that process. believably, we will be the, possibly the first bank that has responded. But that’s not the end of the story. I think as we go along, depending on the shortfall, we should be able to add more,” he said.
According to Intergrated Food Insecurity Report further states that during this period, a number of people affected are estimated at 4 million which is 22 percent of the analysed population which will require approximately 187,000 Metric tonnes of food.
