2017 WMD: Dano, NSN celebrate with over 2,000 Lagos pupils

Arla Dano, nutritional dairy product teamed up with the Nutrition Society of Nigeria  (NSN) to raise awareness for milk-intake as it celebrated the 2017 World Milk Day in style with over 2,000 school children in Lagos.

Tagged  Raise a Glass, Nourish a Child, the event was graced by the Wife of Lagos State Governor, Mrs Bolanle Ambode, Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Idiat Adebule, President, Nutrition Society of Nigeria, Dr Bartholomew Brai, State Nutrition Officer, Lagos State Ministry of Health, Mrs. Bunmi Braheem and key officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Health among other key stakeholders.

Country Category Manager, Mr Olumide Aniyikaiye at the event, enjoined the 2,000 school children to imbibe the culture of healthy and nutritional living by consuming milk daily.

In her remarks, the Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Idiat Adebule, represented by Mrs Kehinde Hazoum, highlighted the benefits of milk and commended Dano for bringing school children together for the World Milk Day Celebration.

“This provides an opportunity to focus attention on milk. Milk is beneficial to the human body. It is essential for the well-being and physical development of every child,” she stated.

Recommending milk as a major component of every child’s meal, wife of the Lagos State Governor, Mrs Bolanle Ambode, represented by Mrs Oyinlola Adejare,  commended the company  for its numerous CSR (corporate social responsibility) initiatives and programmes, especially its  Dano Cares Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) campaigns.

Assistant Category Manager, Ms Rosette Agbor expressed the company’s commitment to continually  provide Nigerian mothers and other Nigerians with healthy, nutritional and affordable range of Milk products, capable of boosting their mental and physical wellbeing.