Employees of Guinness Nigeria Plc has extended their
love for community to secondary schools in the Ikeja and Agege axis of Lagos
State with a day of goodness at the Heritage Park, Oshodi, Lagos on December 6,
2013.
The employees of Guinness under the auspices of
Friends of the Community initiative put together their own fund and set aside
one day every quarter of the year for corporate social responsibility projects
that impact on host communities. On this occasion, they chose to empower
students of Murtala Mohammed Secondary School Ikeja and Lagooz College Agege
with the aim of equipping them with soft and vocational skills that will go a
long way in delivering maximum impact and ultimately cause a paradigm shift in
the lives of the students from white collar job seekers to entrepreneurs. This
was achieved through lectures and practical sessions of vocational skills.
Seni Adetu, Chief Executive Officer, Guinness Nigeria
Plc, represented on the occasion by Wale Adeniran, Human Resources Director,
Guinness Nigeria Plc, charged the students at the event to aspire to being the
next African leader as the rationale behind the initiative is “to cause a new
generation of African leaders. You are challenged to come to the realisation
that the next generation of Africa leaders are among you. The employees of
Guinness have put together a day of goodness for you today because they want
you to create many days of goodness in future,” he said.
Sesan Sobowale, Corporate Relations Director, Guinness
Nigeria Plc in a welcome address at the event noted that “All good things start
small. What we are doing is what could lead to a renaissance because through
honest interactions with young people, employees of Guinness hope to inspire
you to take on your passions and make successful careers out of them. In this
case, we are devoting time and resources to teaching craft to students; skills
they can apply as they desire.”
Obinna Ekpe of Murtala Mohammed Secondary School left
the session with a renewed belief in the fact that he could realise his dreams
of becoming a developer of video games fuelling his love for imagination whilst
becoming a doctor.
Several employees of the company took turns at the
event to enlighten the students on career choices in a warm and engaging
atmosphere that saw the students ask probing questions on the topic.
Discussions centred on ‘how to chose a career,’ and ‘etiquette’ while
vocational skill training included bead making, slippers designing and tie and
dye.
0 comments:
Post a Comment