FATE FOUNDATION CELEBRATES 11TH ANNIVERSARY, HONOURS COSHARIS BOSS, OTHERS.
Fate Foundation celebrated its 11th annual entrepreneurial awards with Cosmas Maduka, president/chief executive, Coscharis Group, emerging as FATE Model Entrepreneur (FMEA) award winner this year 2011. Other awardees were Uba Adamu, managing director, Native Butchers Global Resources, who emerged as the FATE Alumni Model Entrepreneur (FAME) award winner, and Oluyinka Alawode, BusinessDay Newspaper correspondent, the winner of the FATE SME Journalist Award, which is in recognition of the most outstanding small business reporter in the year.
It was also a graduation ceremony for the entrepreneurs that had successfully completed entrepreneurial programmes at the Foundation. Fate Foundation is a private sector led not – for – profit organisation created in March 2000. The organisation’s philosophy is that by equipping enterprising Nigerians with skills, tools, networks, these individuals can create successful businesses that will in turn offer gainful employment to teeming masses of the unemployed in Nigeria. Apart from the Fate Emerging Entrepreneurs Programme (EEP) and Aspiring Entrepreneurs Programme (AEP), Fate Foundation also now has a new division which is the Institute for Venture Design (IVD) with a bold vision to increase prosperity and wealth creation in Nigeria through entrepreneurship and innovation.
*Published in The Businessday Newspaper, on Monday, 12th Dec. 2011
EXPERTS CALL ON MEDIA TO PROMOTE CSR
Three experts have called on the media to ensure the development and Compliance of businesses to the international principles of Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility. The experts which include: Oladimeji Bello, a CSR & Sustainability Expert from the United Kingdom; Ini Onuk, Lead Consultant, ThistlePraxis Consulting and Toni-Kan Onwordi, Managing Partner, Radi8 re-iterated this whilst facilitating sessions on a range of topics in a competence development initiative tagged, Effective CSR Reporting for Media Professionals. The training which was organised by an Assessment and Strategy firm, ThistlePraxis Consulting Limited and held in Lagos, Nigeria recently was put together to build and strengthen human capacity for the Nigerian and African media industry on corporate social responsibility and sustainability reporting.
Participants, who were selected from different media houses in Nigeria after an application process, expressed their satisfaction and gratitude for the opportunity to engage with their counterparts on contemporary practices in CSR and Sustainability. Topics discussed extensively include: The Future of CSR, Understanding CSR, PR and CSR, PR and Crisis Management, CSR in Africa, Writing Reviews, and Reviewing CSR Reports amongst other issues and taught with videos and group assignments. According to the organisers, the expectations for organising the training were met. 'We couldn't have done this training at a better time. We are happy our objectives have been met and the participants are enlightened and better equipped to report CSR more effectively'.
*Published in The Guardian Newspaper, on Monday, 12th Dec. 2011
DANGOTE SHOWERS N600 MILLION ON KANO WOMEN, YOUTH
Alhaji Aliko Dangote has donated N600 million across Kano state. The donation, which took place at the indoor sports complex of the Abacha stadium at the weekend, was at the launch of the Community Re-orientation Committee, of the government of Engineer Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso in the state. In his remark while presenting the cheque, Dangote said it is in partnership with the government to empower women and youth in the state. He praised the governor for his effort in transforming the state since he assumed office, adding that plans were on by his foundation to build the best hospital in Africa in Kano especially the area of diagnosis while promising to invest heavily in cattle farming for the purpose of milk production.
The president of the Dangote Group also announced that the foundation laying ceremony of 500 room students hostel at Kano State University of Technology, Wudil to be performed by the governor in a fortnight. Kwankwaso on his part thanked Dangote for the gesture and promised that the money will reach the beneficiaries. He explained that one thousand women from each of the 44 local governments will benefit from N450 million meant for their skills training and subsequent take off grant after the training while 150 youth will benefit from the N150 million which will be given as loans after they are trained on cattle farming.
*Published in The Daily Sun Newspaper, on Tuesday, 13th Dec. 2011
FG PARTNERS C’RIVER ON ORPHANS PROJECT
As part of National response to address the plight of Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC), the Federal Government is partnering with the Cross River State Government to fast track the implementation of its OVC projects in the South-South geopolitical zone of the country. To achieve this, the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development has handed over an OVC Centre to the Cross River State Government which is to serve as a coordinating unit for all OVC activities in the South-South zone when fully completed.
Handing over the Project in Calabar, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Elizabeth Emuren restated the Federal Government’s commitment to vigorously pursue the implementation of the National Plan of Action on over 17.5 million Orphans and Vulnerable Children in the country. In addition to this, the Permanent Secretary pointed out that the project will further fast track the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) target on child survival and development in Nigeria by the year 2015.
Speaking further on the project, Mrs. Emuren said when fully completed, the Centre is expected to have components such as Administrative block, Dormitory, Classroom block, Kitchen/Dining hall, Clinic, Library and Computer room. Other components include Worship centres (Church and Mosque), Playground, Gatehouse, Perimeter fencing and a Generator house. “The Centre is to serve as a coordinating unit for all OVC activities in the South-South zone and also provide some health and educational services for the children with reports regularly sent to the Ministry to guide in the planning and execution of future programmes and projects on child development in the country”, she added.
Published in Compass Newspaper, on Thursday, 15th Dec. 2011
DANGOTE TO SPONSOR CALABAR CHILDREN’S CARNIVAL
One of Nigeria’s leading conglomerates, Dangote Group, has picked the title sponsorship of the Children’s Carnival segment of Carnival Calabar. With this development, henceforth, the Children’s Carnival will be known as Dangote Carnival Calabar Children’s Carnival. Executive Secretary, Cross River State Carnival Commission, Mrs. Elenda Osima-Dokubo, stated that with the offering, the profile of the Carnival Calabar will continue to blossom.
Her words: “Dangote was with us last year for the first time; they saw the value they got from their sponsorship last year. So this year, they have decided to partner us in a bigger way by taking the title sponsorship of the children’s carnival. “We are quite happy with this and will ensure that they get maximum value for their sponsorship.” Dokubo said that with the development, the Children’s Carnival will be more colourful, bigger and even better. The Children’s Carnival takes place on December 26 every year as a part of the three days of Carnival Calabar activities, explaining that the first is the Carnival King’s and Queen’s competition which takes place on December 25 and the cultural parade and children’s carnival that takes place on the 26 and the adult carnival popularly referred to as “Africa’s Biggest Street Party” which takes place on December 27, every year.
Published in The Daily Independent Newspaper, on Thursday, 16th Dec. 2011
LG HARPS ON CSR VIA SCHOLARSHIP
Hard work and diligence early this week paid – off, when LG, in demonstration of its tag line; ‘good life’ awarded scholarship to 10 students in the Faculty of Engineering, University of Lagos, based on their grade points of 4.0 to 5.0. The opportunities were given to students in 400 and 500 levels. The award of scholarship to Nigerian students by LG Electronics is no doubt a demonstration of the company’s belief in the abundant human talents and resources in the country waiting for opportunities to be explored and discovered to better the country through enhanced human capacity development on the platform of education
Speaking at the scholarship award presentation in Unilag, the Managing Director, LG Electronics, West Africa Operations, it is our core belief that education is the bedrock of any society. The more qualitative the education of a nation is, the more functional its systems and institutions would be. This can only be achieved through investing in genuine and natural human talents in the educational sector
Published in ThisDay Newspaper, on Friday, 16th Dec. 2011
The MTN Foundation has reaffirmed its commitment to continue to look for more ways of empowering youths by providing them with platforms which will enable them compete favourably with their peers from other parts of the world. The Chairman, MTN Foundation, Ambassador Hamzat Ahmadu, made the declaration at the sixth annual Donors’ Appreciation Concert organised by Musical School of Nigeria (MUSON) for the MTN Foundation.
The occasion was yet another opportunity to enjoy beautiful musical renditions by a group of very talented students while it also afforded the MTN Foundation the opportunity to take stock of what it has been able to achieve in partnership with the Musical School of Nigeria
Published in The National Mirror Newspaper, on Friday, 16th Dec. 2011
NESTLE EXTENDS CSR TO BUILDING SOCCER STARS
About 2000 Nigerian youths benefited from Nestle’s Milo Football Clinic, held in Lagos at the weekend. This, the company said, was part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme to the country. The football clinic was organised to teach the young aspiring footballers the basic technique and rudiment of the game. The football clinic also had former Nigeria goalkeeper, Peter Rufai and Paulo Cardoso, an international football scout from Portugal, as instructors.
About 2000 Nigerian youths benefited from Nestle’s Milo Football Clinic, held in Lagos at the weekend. This, the company said, was part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme to the country. The football clinic was organised to teach the young aspiring footballers the basic technique and rudiment of the game. The football clinic also had former Nigeria goalkeeper, Peter Rufai and Paulo Cardoso, an international football scout from Portugal, as instructors.
Speaking at the event, the Category Brand Manager, Nestle Milo, Mr. Olufemi Akintola said the initiative was meant to develop and enhance Nigerian youths. He added that the football clinic had been taken to Enugu and Ilorin respectively to help encourage, nurture and also groom talents. Also, Rufai commended Nestle and its management for supporting and developing the youths through the football clinic. He urged Nigerians to support the initiative, which he believed, would lead to the development of the economy.
Published in ThisDay Newspaper, on Wednesday, 14th Dec. 2011
ETISALAT TEACHERS TRAINING PROGRAM FOR OYO AND KADUNA STATES COME TO A CLOSE
Etisalat Nigeria in partnership with the British Council recently concluded the Teacher Training program in Oyo and Kaduna states with over fifty empowered teachers, preparing to be Cambridge University-accredited instructors. Etisalat’s Teacher Training Program is an ongoing initiative designed to retrain teachers of secondary schools across Nigeria’s different geo-political zones, on different subjects.
The just concluded training focused on strengthening English Language teaching skills in Nigeria and is aimed at training teachers in Oyo, Kaduna and Rivers states to become Cambridge certified teachers through an examination process called the Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT) examination.
Published on ThistlePraxis Consulting Website, on Thursday, 15th Dec. 2011
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