P&G Receives Employer of Choice Award



Mr. Isika Oghedo, a representative of Media Monitoring
services Limited, presenting the  Multi-Talent Heritage & Associate
‘conglomerate employer of choice award’ to Ms. Olatomiwa
Akande, Coporate  Public Relations Manager and Ms.Edeme
Ogholoh,Recruiting and Talent practice Manager both of  Procter and
Gamble Nigeria recently in Lagos.



 Leading consumer goods company Procter and Gamble (P&G) Nigeria has been presented with the award of ‘Conglomerate Employer-of-Choice 2011.’ 

The award was conferred on the company in Lagos at the 2011 ‘Employers-of-Choice Awards’ organized by Multi-Talent Heritage & Associates, a psychology and human development consulting firm. The event held on Thursday the 15th of September and also featured the launch of the debut edition of the ‘Labour Metro’ magazine, a magazine that provides information on the Nigerian labour market.

According to the organizers, the method of selection of winners involved a voting exercise publicized on Facebook and via bulk text messages sent out to over 30,000 Nigerians. Procter and Gamble Nigeria emerged as winner of the ‘Conglomerate Employer-of-Choice’ award after receiving the highest number of votes in that category through the web-voting platform.

The criteria used to evaluate winners for the conglomerate category include the ambience of office environment, competitive salary structure, training and career development opportunities and job security.

Commenting on the awards, Manoj Kumar; Managing Director of Procter and Gamble in Nigeria said “At Procter and Gamble we place a premium on our people. We pursue humane and progressive employee policies in the firm belief that success goes hand in hand with the well being of our staff. This belief guides P&G in the design of our work environment, our compensation and benefit packages, career development opportunities, work flexibility opportunities to mention a few”.

Speaking on behalf of Lagos State Governor at the event, the Commissioner for Establishment and Training in Lagos State; Mrs. Modupe Oguntuwase said “We are glad to be part of this epoch making event aimed at recognizing and honoring individuals who have contributed to the economy of Lagos in particular and Nigeria in general by putting in their various contributions and providing employment in Nigeria.” She also congratulated the awardees saying that they had distinguished themselves despite the challenging environment in which business is being conducted in Nigeria.