Unilever to launch Project Gbemiga for youths

September 30, 2015 – Managing Director of Unilever Group, Mr. Yaw Nsarkoh  has said that his company  will soon role out Project Gbemiga in Lagos and other parts of the country  to recruit idol youths from local governments.

He said the youths will help Uniliver in its distribution chain which will in a way  contribute to the over all well-being of the state.

“This programme enables people who are not working before, who are part of the informal economy who we bring into the formal distributive process, empower them therefore financially and they also help to improve the distribution process”, he said.

He said his company develop brands  to increase  the social impact, for example we have fortified Knorr Bullion Cube with iron therefore contributing to the elimination  of the problem of anemia in the state”, he said.

He expressed confidence in Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s investment drive, just as he said that investors are optimistic of his administration’s quest to create an enabling environment for businesses to thrive.

Nsarkoh who was accompanied by top management team of Unilever, said the visit was a follow-up to an earlier discussion with the Governor on how to collaborate and “champion the cause of what we call partner to win and improve the industrial base of Lagos state by bringing in suppliers for a supply base that may not hitherto exist in Lagos”.

The Managing Director who also handed a memento to the Governor which he described as signifying  joint commitment to sustainable development goals, a sustainable living plan which articulates the fact that business can do well by doing good things to the society.

He said the governor since assumption of office has shown his desire to attract new investments in the state by showcasing long term investors who have been in Lagos and who have been able to succeed in their business as shining examples to attract new investment into the state.

“Though the Governor has only just assumed office, I can say that he is committed to creating an enabling environment for business going by the conversation he’s been having with people and investors like myself because I am not just the only leader of private sector business that he speaks to. He has shown that commitment and it’s up to all of us to now work in collaborative ways and partnership so that we can achieve the governor’s vision”, Nsarkoh said.