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Women advocate greater role in education By Elizabeth Uwandu
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ENATOR Oluremi Tinubu has called on women to be empowered both in the academia and in vocational skills as this will aid development of the nation. She made this known at the launch of Women in Colleges of Education, (WICE) magazine and award ceremony, hosted by Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, WICE chapter. Among those honoured were Senator Oluremi Tinubu, the immediate past Deputy Governor of Lagos state, Chief Mrs Adejoke Adefulire, and one of the youngest professors of the institution, Dr. Ajayi Raphael. Tinubu who was represented
by Mrs Doyinsola Adeniji, expressed joy over the good works of the association and urged for greater professional growth for women. "Women need empowerment in different sectors for them to function optimally in any field of life, and educational empowerment can't be over emphasised as it promotes development and growth of any country.’’Tinubu said. The mother of the day, former Deputy Governor of the state, Mrs Adejoke Adefulire who was represented by the Permanent Secretary , Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Mrs Ogunmola Modinat, said WICE is a formidable body that will receive every support it needs to attain its goals.
The Provost of AOCOED, Mr, Olalekan Bashorun thanked the executives of WICE for empowering women in different vocational skills and for coming with a magazine that will project women's image. Mr Bashorun pledged greater assistance to WICE and pleaded that women meet regularly to effect positive change in the college as more efforts are needed to see the dreams of the organisation fulfilled. ‘’The chairperson, the executives and all registered members of WICE should come together regularly with love to improve in the areas of positive growth of the College," added Mrs Bashorun.
World Milk Day: Peak milk celebrates with 65 schools
WINNERS: From left; Mrs. Ibiyemi Jegede, Lagos State Ministry of Education; Ore Famurewa, Corporate Affairs Director, FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria Plc; Miss Chika Mbewu, pupil of Headstart Private School, Isolo (first prize winner); and Dolapo Otegbayi, Marketing Manager, FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria Plc; during the presentation of prizes to winners of the Vision Nigeria Art Challenge organised by Peak Milk to mark this year's World Milk Day.
By Amaka Abayomi
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n commemoration of this year ’s World Milk Day and to mark 60 years of nourishing Nigerians, FrieslandCampina WAMCO, makers of Peak Milk, celebrated with over 270,000 children from 273 private and public schools in Lagos State. Themed ‘Celebrating 60 years of Feeding Future Aspirations’ and to demonstrate the brand’s commitment to feeding aspirations, an art and craft challenge tagged ‘Vision Nigeria Art Challenge’ was initiated across selected schools in the state aimed at allowing children, with their Art teachers, to showcase their vision of Nigeria by using Peak cans, pouch and sachets to create a vision of the
Nigeria they wish to live in. Stressing that Peak milk is sure to make their dreams come true, the Marketing Directo, WAMCO, Mr. Tarang Gupta, said daily consumption of Peak milk will keep them healthy and strong to enable them achieve their dreams and change the fortune of Nigeria. At the end of the grand finale for winning schools held at the Indoor Sport Hall, University of Lagos, Head Start Private School, Ire Akari, Isolo, won the first prize of N250,000, while Deby Niky Nursery/ Primary School, Egbeda and Wellspring College, Omole Phase 2, came second and third and went home with N150,000 and N100,000 respectively for the renovation of their schools’ art studios to further aid the development of their artistic
and creative skills. Surprise gifts of Samsung Galaxy tabs were given to the top 10 art teachers who supported the children to create the different artistic inspirations while all 65 participating schools received N50,000 each for makeover of their art studios. Recall that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) had, in 2001, created the World Milk Day in order to reflect on all the goodness that milk represents and since inception, FrieslandCampina WAMCO has been leading Nigerians in celebration as well as reaching out to consumers across the country through enlightenment of milk as an essential nutritional beverage for a healthy life style.
How we’re grooming young entrepreneurs in schools — NB By Ikenna Asomba
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N a bid to tackle the
alarming deterioration of the nation’s education sector, as well as the attendant unemployment rate, the Nigeria Breweries Plc (NB), last Friday, gathered over 500 students from across five schools, in Lagos, to enlighten them on the right career paths to take. Among the participating schools at the event tagged ‘Beyond the School’, a career and guidance counselling initiative of Nigerian Breweries-Felix Ohiwerei (NB-FO) Education Trust Fund, were SSI-SS3 students of Oregun Senior Secondary School,
their course of study that may help them to get into jobs or help them to be self_employed. “The initiative is designed to provide vital information to the students to enable them get into careers that suit their aptitude, personality, interest and skill. Since the inception of the initiative, we have visited five schools and have impacted over 1, 300 students,” he said. Similarly, the Project Champion and wife of the Chief Executive Officer/ Managing Director, NB, Mrs. Clementine Vervelde said: “This is a new generation, so we need to guide them. The kids need to believe in themselves to be achievers in
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