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Wednesday 24 October 2012
Multitrex distributes 5,000 cocoa seedlings to Ondo farmers PETER DADA, Akln
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Foods hll dillrlbult'd 5,000 seed IInp of coco. 10 farmcrt In Ondo Slate IS pan of I~ torpolllte IOebI rnporuibiliry A' Ihl!' c,"remon, ht'klln Aponmu VIllIsr, in ... kure South toni Go.crnmrnl nt" 01 the Jllit'. the ~lanat Inll)lrector 01 the company. Oladlm~1 Owor~i ..Jd the dlllrtbolioo of the ICflilin" W1IJ the contribution of thr company 10 enhandn,lhe crop', production In the ltale. Owofcmi uid Muhi-Ttr:x would uplore III ... lIable oppopnunhi" to nlbl the 'tlte maimaln the kad In the production of COCOI In the
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Owofeml 11$0 lueued thai the com~n, hlld the potential of making the 'tilt' II lOp player in the Ni,erIan economy If llIe poternia' was fully hamencd.. The' ,tlte commluioner for I,rlculture, Ademol. Okmlnr~i ufFd thepnv.le sector to Invnt In "Iflcuhurt: to u to harness and expiorf! the huge potentillt In the lector, nolmg Ihlt governme.lI .Ione could nOl fund thelCCtor. According 10 Olorunfeml the ~se oIlhe privale SKlor would SO I long way In .chleYtng Improved (arm )'kIds. modem processIns and pa~ns of farm produce for uponldon_ The commluloner who wa. reprea.ented al the ocCI.lon by Ihe De.k Officer fo r Coco. In the Mlnillry,
that unleu Nlgerll foculCl on IgricuItUre. the dream of ec::OI\Omk sdfreJllnce mlihl not be I"alned_ lie chuJtd Wmen in the "lie to embnce the formll don 01 ro-oprntfve IOdrdrs and m:onI kerpif'll, In order 10 bt'ndit from ftriout wtnckMs 01 opportunity pulin pIaa br the preteOI PJ'I'fttImrnL ° IIlshlf IUbtldi-"!d lVO chemlclllnpulI, Imp~ cocoa Kedllnp. .picuhund kNlm Ind tracton .re ...11Ible 10 alJcvI.ate the pUsht of bnnft1and~pmduc
tlvtlY • he we.cd Comrnendinl the' feden.! sovt'rnmenl on II. 'Irlcul lural formaLion 'senda. otorunferru Nid, with the focus on COCOI and 011 palm. Ondo Sllte will beneOI uemen.....
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LASACO gets ISO certification for quality management system datds are unMnaDyreprded
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don on quaUty ~I system. • posioon PIKin« II I I the ftnt fnlurance CXlmplUlJ In the country to be c:erti6ed. The Oirector Gnleral of SON, Jonph Odumodu, I. etpK1ed 10 penonaDy ptaent the cmlficate 10 the ao.rd of LASACO on Nowoember 11,
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Oluloll Ladlpo -Ajlyl, &rOup m.naBlnl dlrrclor of the Comp.ny IIld by thl. cerllnClllon, our comp.ny has bun .dludled 10 meet the need. of cu'lomen .nd other stakrholden, Including llIlIltulory .nd rquillory requirements applicable 10 our otM!:ratiom. ,heIe 5lIlI
and are publHhed by !he International Orpniulion fOf SlInd.rdlUlion (ISO), Ind administered 10CII11y by the SON.
Ladlpo-Alayt noted thl! Icertlficatlon I. I powerful mllitellnltool becaule II places hiP priority on cuttorner ~ II ~ed to Ie.d 10 IUperior operatlorW performlnce required hom companies opeRtlnl In the International domain. espedalty when one 01 our main I1HI of operatiom Is the Oil .nd Gas lmurance IS wdllS other SpecW Rilb..° Apart from our Ieader5hip 0( lOme and partkipatlon in .It o lher oil .nd la. Inluf.nce proplUnmes. we led lJ other in,ul1l.nce companies 10 provide space Insurance
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fOf Ihe 1111 three 1.lelilel Ilunched by NIFrtl In year 20 \I We aIM pmwkle cO't'n fOf rep;iorwII orpnhItionJ Uke EmnomicCommunlty~
African Scaccs(F.cowA.S). the lASACO Ra. noted. lie dbt:toItd that !he ItIdit
proteM has alSl) helped u. to feYamp III IllIernll procedUfe. which has resulted In Improyed comp.ny .nd product qUlllfy, imprOftd erOciency Ind decrelllnl waste. Ibis I. In line wllfI our YlIlon to create, lu.llln (Ind continuilly Improve) In euqKionaI brand. which provides IoflItenn ..Iue ror
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The proce., or developInl I company/profculonal culture Itlned In yelr 2005 when we embarked on the Transt'ormadon .nd Growth Sa-atqy, Ladipo-AJayt IlIled_
General Electric president bags International Award .y Irel.nd. Prelldent Ind CEO for General Electric (GE) Africa .,., recenlly stvm the award Internltlona' Bullness Luder of Ihe "elr by one of Alrica'sle.dinllntern.allona! ' n\'~menllnd communka Ij ~ H'o. the A(rIo h· _ _ ,.- ",u""'''1 'I ·1 thc 'CI .. ... el of GE .crOIl Arrici The evcnt WII Ihe Aftlcalnvestmem .nd Bu,l neu Luder AWlid. 2012 which took pl.ce durlnlthe World B.nkAnnuII Meetings In Tolcyo, I.pan The Awardl are the lonIelt-Illndlns Inlernatlo nal .wardl on Africa 10 ~rd esceptIonal bu.iness practk-
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es. economic achlevt!ments and InYeStments acroll Africa.. They reargniu the inIIllulion•• nd Indlvldu.1s Improvlnl!l the continent'l investment dlmate. The presldenl and CEO of General ElKtrlc. lay Ire IlInrl . -' ~ ..... th .. - ·... Is ~ lOla".... " ... .. _,: ..... ,,,ts Inat GEhas made in the PIJI yelr IcrossAfrica aimed It (!KIeTInl pillnerahll" Ind drivtnl crltlcallnfl1l.lIfUCIUre proJectl .cross the conllnent _ lie further said that GE is committed losupportlng the contlnent'.powth in various leeton luch n health care. cnef'l)', u11nsportatJon and .viatlon.
He spoke aboul GEa operltlonl In Kenya, Ghana, AnIOI. , South Africa and Nllerl. On Nlgeril'l openllioru. he spoke .bout the drom th.t had been mlde In the J'K"I'eT" sector W1th the proyillon of ovu 100 S" ' - ,.~I ..... 1- ...Ii,. • • n .,,1'1 tne t-eoelllJ VI.I"ernment In meelinl lIS ~r leneration la"etJ.. lie Ilid thll the awnd will funher motlvale the company lodouhle ill efforts In development .nd In'ra.tructure. lie .1'0 .tated Ihal Africa hu • 101 of poten tial and thll It It Importanl 10 key Inlo the opp0rlunltlea fOf powtb in the continenL
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