Abbasi Mawanda, Head of Business and Institutional Banking at PostBank Uganda handing over assorted food items to the mosque at Makerere University.
PostBank Uganda on Monday gifted the muslim communities at Makerere University, Kyambogo and Makerere University Business School with assorted food items for breaking fast.
The items included rice, sugar, baking flour and cooking oil among others, to support fasting muslims during the remaining period of Ramadhan.
Abbas Mawanda, the Head of Business and Institutional Banking at PostBank Uganda delivered and handed over the packages to each of the public Universities.
Mawanda (in suit) handing over food items to Mutyaba, the University Imam at Kyambogo University.
Deputy University Imam at Makerere University, Muhammad Ahmad Musungule commended the Bank for the ”kind gesture”. Musungule said the donation will benefit muslim students, staff and the entire muslim community during the remaining days of ramathan.
Sheikh Abdul Nasser Mutyaba, the Kyambogo University Imam lauded PostBank, pledging to pray for the financial institution so that is continues to grow from strength to strength. He appealed to his students to embrace PostBank Uganda for any financial transactions starting with opening bank accounts there.
On his part, the Assistant Imam at MUBS, Jamal Uthma Nsubuga, thanked the Bank for the gift which he said will benefit worshipers.
Mawanda (in suit) handing over assorted food items to Nsubuga, the Assistant Imam at MUBS.
Speaking to journalists, Mawanda said the Bank came up with the initiative targeting public universities given the challenges the institutions go through during the Ramadhan season. These challenges he said is related to proper feeding during the fasting season. He said that while the mosques may have a small budget (if at all), it may not be sufficient and thus the need for support.
While the initiative started with three public universities this year, Mawanda said the plan is to involve more public universities next year.
