Promasidor Boosts Career Awareness With ‘Harness Your Dream’
L-R:
Facilitator/Employee of Promasidor Nigeria Limited, Mrs. Abosede Adeniran;
Senior Manager, Planning and Procurement, Promasidor, Idowu Osoneye; Principal,
Oregun Junior High School, Mrs. Adenike Oresanya; Head of Legal/PR, Promasidor,
Mr. Andrew Enahoro with students of Oregun Junior High School, at ‘Harness Your
Dream’, a career guidance workshop, organised by Promasidor, makers of Cowbell
Milk, at Oregun, in Lagos… recently.
By: HighCelebritySquard
In line with its commitment to education and youth development,
Promasidor Nigeria Limited, makers of Cowbell Milk, LoyaMilk, Onga and other
dairy products, recently held a secondary school career guidance workshop
tagged “Harness Your Dream.”
Speaking at the
maiden edition of the project at the Oregun Junior High School, Ikeja, Lagos, the
Permanent Secretary/Tutor General, Lagos State Education District Six, Mrs.
Olufunmilayo Onadipe commended PNL for what she described as a “noble idea,”
while urging other corporate organisations to emulate the company.
She said: “I am
very excited about the initiative. I am glad to know that a corporate
organisation like Promasidor is thinking in this direction. We need to nurture
the kids as they grow. It is about catching them young. When we help them to
nurture their career interests, they grow up with a clear picture
of what they want to do. I am so happy with Promasidor Nigeria for this noble
idea, and I pray that other companies will do a similar thing. The participants
are currently in Junior Secondary School class three. What this means is that
they already know exactly the subjects they will focus on in their senior
classes.”
According to Onadipe,
to develop an education system that is relevant to national development and
industrial growth, private sector operators needed to support government’s
efforts so as to boost career awareness among students.
In his address,
the Managing Director, Promasidor Nigeria Limited, Mr. Anders Einarsson said
that the programme would help the students to marry their passion and talents
to make the right choice, adding that ‘Harness Your Dream’ targets JSS3
students because of the sensitive nature of the class.
Einarsson, who was represented by the company’s Head
of Legal and Public Relations, Mr. Andrew Enahoro said: “It is a
catch-them-young scheme. This implies that the young people who go through the
process will have the rare opportunity of subjecting their options to a
clinical test before they start learning the essential subjects required to be
the best in their chosen professions.”
He further said: “The programme is an interface
between students and experts who have excelled tremendously in their careers,
each giving the students hands-on experience. This is worthwhile at a time when
the gap between theory and practice is widening. This will also create an
opportunity for mentorship that will last for a lifetime.”
Einarsson disclosed that the programme is one of
Promasidor’s initiatives to impact directly on children. Describing it as a
pilot edition, he said the company was committed to its success as a
pan-Nigerian project.
The Principal of the school, Mrs. AdenikeOresanya,
said the students left the workshop more enlightened about their career
options. She was particularly happy with emerging careers such as Information
and Communication Technology, which the students were exposed to.
Other careers that featured during the ‘Harness Your Dream’ session were Accounting
(Business Financing and Management), Digital Marketing, Human Resource
Management (Personnel Management and Talent Acquisition), and Business
Management and Entrepreneurship.
Staff members of
PNL were the resources persons at the career workshop.
Promasidor Boosts Career Awareness With ‘Harness Your Dream’
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