Sierra Leone Commercial Bank (SLCB), the most profitable and hundred percent Sierra Leonean owned bank has today Thursday 2nd July 2020 boosted National Covid-19 Emergency Response Centre (NACOVERC) with the sum of five hundred million Leones (Le500,000,000) as its contribution in the fight against coronavirus in the country.
The bank was the first institution from both the public and private sectors to take the lead in engaging in massive sensitization of the people about the “dos and don’ts” in the prevention and fight against the disease in the Western Area.
Apart from the massive sensitization and fumigation of all its branches nationwide with the utilization of its accrued funds, the bank also put stringent measures in place for the prevention and protection of its staff and loyal customers from the disease.
The Managing Director of SLCB, Abdul Fidelis Turay in his brief statement acknowledged the effort of NACOVERC Staff and re-echoed the clarion call of President Bio for the adherence of the general hygiene rules in order to stop the spread of COVID-19 in the country.