APM Terminals Apapa joined people around the world to celebrate the 2020 International Women’s Day (IWD) with a commitment to consciously increase female staff employees in its drive towards greater inclusion and gender diversity.
The recently celebrated IWD with the theme, “I am Generation Equality: Realising Women’s Right also recognises that gender balance is essential for economies and communities to thrive.
Addressing female employees of the company recently, the Managing Director of APM Terminals Apapa, Mr Martin Jacob, reiterated the company’s determination to continue to engage more women based on competence in order to improve the company’s performance.
He urged the female employees to continue to raise the standards at their duty posts to support the company’s drive towards gender diversity and increase opportunities for other women.
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As part of activities marking the event, female employees of APM Terminals also visited Immanuel Anglican School Apapa, where career talks and books were donated to the female students.
The Commercial Manager of APM Terminals Apapa, Temilade Ogunniyi, who led the female staff on the visit, said, “We need women to raise the bar for them to be able to drive to where the world is going in terms of diversity.”
The Principal of Immanuel Anglican School, Mrs Nwimo Uju, expressed appreciation to APM Terminals for identifying with the school to mark the International’s women’s Day.
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