United Bank for Africa (UBA) has unveiled the UBA Braille Account Opening Form, designed specifically to cater to the financial needs of the visually impaired.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the new UBA Braille Account Opening Form was launched at the bank’s head office on Tuesday in Lagos.
The event which had in attendance key executive members of the bank and guests including Multi-Award Winner, Nigerian Musician, Producer, and Songwriter, Cobhams Asuquo, is the first of its kind initiative in the Nigerian and African market,
The General Manager, Lagos State Office for Disability Affairs (LASODA), Dare Dairo; Former Senior Special Assistant to the Lagos State Governor on Persons Living with Disability, Adenike Oyetunde-Lawal, as well as students from the Pacelli School of the Blind also attended the programme.
Mr Ugo Nwaghodoh, the Executive Director, Finance and Risk Management, UBA, said that the bank would continue to look for ways to make the physically challenged and others to be comfortable in their life-long relationship with the financial industry.
He said, “in our quest to drive all-encompassing financial inclusion, we decided to support the visually impaired by developing a Braille Account Opening Form and these special customers now have the same opportunities available to our customers.
“The ultimate benefit is to ensure that everybody has the right to select and choose the kind of account they want to operate, and this account opening form will go a long way to ensure this.”
He said that the UBA Braille Account Opening Form was produced with the support of Anglo-Nigerian Welfare Association for the blind and the first of its kind in the industry.
According to him, it is designed specifically to cater to the needs of visually impaired individuals.
With this innovative solution, he said, UBA had empowered blind customers to independently initiate and complete the account opening process, ensuring their seamless integration into the financial system.
“Until now, this unique and special section of the society has been disadvantaged, but with this ground-breaking initiative, UBA has fully demonstrated its unwavering commitment toward providing an excellent user experience for all its customers, regardless of their individual abilities or disabilities,” he added.
Endorsing the laudable initiative, Asuquo, described the braille account as an innovative initiative that would presents UBA as a bank with a heart that pays keen attention to the needs of the blind and disabled
NAN
