The Nigeria Bottling Company has partnered the Lagos State Waste Management Agency and employed eight sweepers that will ensure the cleanliness of Apogbon community on Lagos Island.
National Commercial Director of NBC, Mr. Matthieu Segui, said the company partnered LAWMA to ensure proper supervision and promotion of sanitation in the state.
National Commercial Director of NBC, Mr. Matthieu Segui, said the company partnered LAWMA to ensure proper supervision and promotion of sanitation in the state.
He said, it was an execution of NBC ‘Clean Street’ project, which, he said, was a unique community programme of the Coca-Cola System in Nigeria.
He said, “It is the expectation of NBC that this initiative will further enhance the health and well-being of the businesses and households in this community. The programme will empower eight persons in addition to those previously employed with a means of livelihood as LAWMA Highway Managers for the district.
“This is borne out of our belief that as a business, we can be a force for social good by enriching the lives of our local communities. NBC understands that clean communities are also healthy and wealthy communities. So we can say that by this partnership, the wealthy community of Apongbon will even become wealthier.”
Acting Managing Director, LAWMA, Mrs. Abimbola Jijoho-Ogun, who advised NBC not to relent in its effort of making the streets clean, urged the company to extend the gesture to other areas.
She said, “The eight people today will add to others previously employed by NBC. Ours is to supervise and train those employed. We shall do that as expected to enhance efficiency. We expect that this will expand to other parts of Lagos especially the slums.”
