The Management of First City Monument Bank, FCMB, Limited has described employee health as key priority even as they pledged to execute programmes that would promote healthy living for employees and their families.
Speaking during the bank’s Health Week, the Divisional Head, Human Resources and Strategy, Felicia Obozuwa, said the Health Week was one of the initiatives instituted to promote a healthy lifestyle for employees and their family members.
“We recognise the enormous efforts and contributions of our employees in the growth and achievements recorded over the years by the Bank. We are determined to build an organisation that is impactful in the lives of our employees and other stakeholders to reinforce our core values of professionalism, sustainability, customer focus and excellence. Hence, we will continue to carry out programmes that will ensure that our employees get the best information, to ensure the best state health, which is in line with our ‘great place to work’ mission’’.
During the programme which will run till February 6, 2016, activities lined-up include the setting-up of medical screening centres in 32 branches of the bank across the country to check staff blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol and Body Mass Index, BMI.
There will be free mammogram tests for all interested FCMB female employees and the spouses of male colleagues. These would be carried out by a team of highly experienced medical personnel.
Also, the bank, through the services of a professional nutritionist, has produced a healthy eating cookbook containing details of how to prepare healthy versions of popular Nigerian dishes.
The highpoints of this year’s FCMB Employee Health Week is a family fitness day event for employees of the Bank, their spouses and children, scheduled to hold at Onikan Stadium, Lagos on Saturday, February 6, 2016. The event will involve various sporting and other fun-filled fitness activities.
