NIPCO reinstates committment to host community devt

A leading downstream and midstream company, NIPCO Plc, has reinstated its commitment to host community development as part of its corporate social responsibility initiatives especially, in education development through facility upgrade and co-curricular activities in primary schools.

The Chief Corporate Affairs Manager (CCAM) of the company, Mr Lawal Taofeek, disclosed this in an address at the Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) Sports Festival / Merit Award  for primary school pupils and teachers  in Apapa sponsored by NIPCO Plc.

He said NIPCO has over the years embarked on series of facility upgrade in primary schools in the state especially in the host communities including Apapa Nursery & Primary School and Ijora Oloye Nursery & Primary schools being some of the beneficiaries.

“We see our interventions in education and sports as a social investment which will pay off greatly in the standards of education and sports development in the LGA in particular and the state in general,” he declared.

Lawal, who represented the company’s Managing Director, Sanjay Teotia, at the twin event which attracted large turnout of pupils and teachers, said the sponsorship was  in line with the organisation’s long standing cordial relationship with the community.

NIPCO, he noted, places high premium on youth development through sports and good learning environment for pupils especially at the foundation levels, nursery/primary stages.

He asserted that zeal for youth development through sports and education prompted the company to refurbish four classrooms in Apapa Nursery & Primary School and provided furniture and sporting materials to the nursery section of Ijora Oloye Nursery & Primary School.

The CCAM noted that unearthing the budding talents in the pupils through sports is of utmost value to the company as sports play very significant role in the development of the child.

He assured the teeming crowd at the event that NIPCO as a responsible corporate citizen will continue to associate itself with sports and education development through appropriate support as occasion demands.

Earlier the Secretary of the State Universal Basic Education Authority (SUBEB), Apapa LGA, Mrs Olawepo Fausat, commended NIPCO for its consistency in supporting education and sports in the LGA stressing that its noble gesture is worthy of commendation.

She said the event was organised to further motivate staff in primary schools in the area as well as provide avenue for sports development.