Promasidor Supports National Association of Social Work Students

Promasidor Nigeria Limited, makers of Cowbell Milk, is collaborating with National Association of Social Work Students (NASWS) under the department of Sociology University of Lagos (UNILAG) to donate the company’s products to care homes in Akoka and Idi-Araba areas of Lagos.

 The products were donated to inmates in Modupe Cole Memorial Child Care & Treatment Home School and Clinic Centre for Handicapped Children, Old People’s Home, Sabo Yaba, Correctional Centre for Boys and Correctional Centre for Girls in Lagos among others.

Mr. Ayodeji Oriyomi, president of the UNILAG branch of NASWS said the association was creating awareness through its maiden event tagged “Care Enough Campaign” to reach out to care homes in its vicinity.

He said the association was partnering with Promasidor to give its products to the care homes in a bid to reach out to them, adding that there is need for more corporate bodies to step up their contributions to the care homes.

He said the UNILAG social work is part of global programme of social work students designed to make them sensitive to the need of the society, especially the vulnerable members.

Mrs. F.A. Durowoju, head teacher of Modupe Cole expressed gratitude for the donation and concern for the privileged children while at the Correctional Centre for Boys, Mr. Ashiyanti Aderinsola, a social welfare officer, said they helped to integrate the inmates back to society through educational and vocational studies.

It will be recalled that Promasidor recently partnered with Orile-Iganmu Progressive Association (OIPA), a community based non-governmental organisation on human capacity development.

The food products firm donated five brand new Intel Pentium flat screen computer systems to the OIPA Training Institute, a free computer training institute established by the organization to enable the youth in the community to be computer literate through the learning of some basic computer courses in a bid to make them ICT compliant.

Promasidor, through its employee volunteer scheme, also supports the organization with its senior management executives facilitating other capacity building training programmes such as entrepreneurial skill training, skill acquisition and seminars/workshops.

Promasidor was incorporated in Nigeria in 1993 to manufacture, package, market and   distribute fast moving consumer products. Since inception, it has been offering quality and affordable products to its consumers.

It revolutionized the dairy industry with the introduction of sachet packaging of its Cowbell milk, a development which has become the norm in the industry presently. Its products range includes Cowbell milk, Cowbell chocolate, Cowbell flavoured milk drink, Loya full cream milk, Miksi, Onga food seasoning, Top Tea and Amila instant fruit flavoured powdered drink.

The company has a factory in Lagos and depots all over the country from where its products are packaged and distributed to consumers nationwide. The company has recorded remarkable growth over the years and it presently employs more than 1,000 Nigerians in various aspects of its operations.