FUG Pensions partners Down syndrome Foundation on sports
Future Unity Glanvills Pensions Limited (FUG Pensions), has exhibited its corporate social responsibility believe again,sponsoring the 10th edition of the Down Syndrome Foundation Inter-House Sports Competition. The sporting event which took place in the Sporting Ground of Igbobi College, Yaba, Lagos, is one of the four cardinal programs put together by the Down Syndrome Foundation for social integration of children with special needs in the society.
FUG Pensions, a major sponsor of the event has been aligning itself with the Foundation for years in ensuring that the children are assisted in pursuit of their education, while at same time make them feel a sense of belonging among their peers in the society, thereby participating in all the activities of the foundation.
Usman Suleiman, managing director, FUG who was father of the day at the event said his PFA partnered with the Foundation to see how they could assist the Down Syndrome Foundation children, not only in their education, but also in extra-curricular activities, such as the inter-sports competition.
While imploring the participants(children of the Down Syndrome Foundation), to see the event as expression of themselves, he urged them, in the spirit of competition, to be dedicated to this course, as it would make them mentally alert and put them in good physical shape, like other participants in sports.
He said; “Sport is about putting the body in the right physical shape and these children, because of the genetic problem they have, which is physical, participating in sport, would not only assist them to be physically healthy, but psychologically, they become involved and feel accepted. They become optimistic about life and forget the health issues that they have.”
Speaking to our correspondent, the National President, Down Syndrome Foundation, Nigeria, Rose Mordi, said the competition forms part of the social intervention programme put in place for children of the foundation, aimed at integrating them into the society.
According to her, the children have a medical condition in them called Down syndrome, which is an intellectual disability and because of that, are highly stigmatized and neglected. She said the foundation runs four segments of intervention programs aimed at integrating them into the society.
Licensed by the National Pension Commission (PenCom) in 2007, as a pension fund administrators, FUG Pensions is one of the frontline PFAs with over N52billion pension fund Assets under its management subscribed by about 115,000 Retirement Savings Accounts (RSA) holders and retirees.
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