Guinness Employees Hold Day of Goodness at Heritage Park
Friday, February 21, 2014Omoba
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 it. 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 career choices. Discussions centred on ‘how to chose a career,’ and
etiquette while vocational skill training included bead making, slippers
designing and tie and dye.
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