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Daily Times Nigeria Wednesday, November 4, 2015
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Golden Chance sub-agents smile home with tricycles, fridges, TVs and cash prizes
High point of the reward event
Ïj ƈ ƈ ƉƑ Ɛ Ɛ Ɔ beginning — MD One of the top pioneer lotto game companies in Nigeria, the Golden Chance Ventures Limited, aka Golden Chance Lotto last week splashed N16 million on their sub-agents operating in seven branches spread across two Southwestern States in Nigeria. GBUBEMI GOD’S COVENANT SNR witnessed the live presentation and reports. The occasion was the 3rd Quarterly bumper prize awards for sub-agents of Golden Chance
Ventures Limited, aka Golden Chance Lotto on Afariogun Street, Ikeja, Lagos. The grand event paraded entertainment and movie thespians, including the hilarious pair of natural bald-headed James Kayode (Pa James) and the darling of home soap, Papa Ajasco Biodun Ayoyinka (Papa Ajasco) as well as Ghanaian born actor, McKenze who announced he was celebrating his birthday same day. Ten winners emerged in each of the three categories in the bash that cost the company N16 million. Managing Director of the company, Ghanaian born Arthur Charles chaired the high table supported by the company’s Group General Manager, Gbenga
Now you have won a tricycle, you will employ somebody to operate it; mechanic will be busy maintaining the tricycle and will from there maintain his family members: all that is coming from Golden Chance lotto — Charles Arthur Ademuyo, Victor Okikiola (GM), S.K. Adeyemi and Josiah (Head of Admin). In his keynote address, Charles Arthur commented that some skeptics, including their competitors who hear of Golden Chance Lotto rewards to their sub-agents
say it is not real. “They say it is not true, but what you’re seeing here today is real, live and true. Why are we doing this? I say it all the time that without the sub-agents, there is no lotto business.” The lotto boss gave reasons for
the quarterly rewards to their faithful agents. “We have good reasons to appreciate them because every day, in the rain and in the sun, in the day and at nights, they are at work; everywhere you go you see the sub-agents at work, so why should we not reward them? This is our way of appreciate their work.” Arthur reiterated that other companies mock them believing they will get tired and stop rewarding sub-agents, but to this he said, “We have not even started; this is just the beginning. We are working towards bigger prizes. The next time, you will be surprised at what we would be giving out to our sub-agents.” To the sub-agents he re-echoed their Chairman’s motto that, ‘The reward for hard work is more work’, “So, don’t relax because you’ve won tricycles, fridges and television sets today. If you work harder, what would be coming your way next quarter would be bigger than these. “In doing this every quarter we are also generating more employment in the society. How are we doing this? Besides our growing population of sub-agents, we’re also making our sub-agents to become employers of labour. “Now you have won a tricycle, you will employ somebody to operate it; mechanic will be busy maintaining the tricycle and will from there maintain his family members: all that is coming from Golden Chance lotto.” Besides the quarterly rewards, Daily Times gathered that all agents have their daily sales commission accrued to them each CONTINUED ON PAGE 30
Beef roll lovers cry out over dwindling quality For Gala, Chi SuperBite and other ranks of beef roll in Nigeria, it is no longer at ease. Gone were the days when snack was a quick fix to hunger as dwindling quality has contrived to rob it of its appeal. BABAJIDE OKEOWO in this report takes a look at the factors shaping the future of a once dominant brand. Fasoki
On a journey from Sango to Os-
hodi with traffic moving at a snail pace, out of boredom or from hunger pangs, Stuck in a gridlock between Bolade and Oshodi, Biola Kareem, a secretary with an Indian firm at Ilupeju hollered at a young hawker selling Beef Rolls in the traffic; she bought a roll of Gala sausage, unwrapped and took a bite from it. What followed was a barrage of complaint.
“This has lost its quality, the beef filling is getting smaller with every passing day,” she complained to no one in particular. Visibly agitated, she went further, “sometimes in the process of eating this thing you crunch bones, in fact I will not buy Gala again,” she promised herself. That was the story of Gala, a popular beef sausage roll from the stables of UAC Foods Plc. Gala was once the toast of Beef roll
lovers; so popular was it that the brand name ‘Gala’ became synonymous with all beef rolls in the country. Hoping to tap from the success the brand enjoyed, other brands emerged at a frightening pace, Chi Superbite, Beefy, Bigi, Meaty, Hotty to mention but a few. With the deluge of different brands flooding the market place, it was only a matter of time before quality is sacrificed on the altar CONTINUED ON PAGE 30