Companies in Nigeria have maintained their social responsibility to host communities despite the challenges of COVID-19, insecurity, and infrastructural deficit. Olam Agri has been a key player in agriculture for three decades.
Despite the nation’s harsh business environment, infrastructural deficit, insecurity and the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, these companies have continually maintained their obligations, through Corporate Social Responsibility projects, to their host communities for better relationship and harmonious co-existence.
The CSS vehicle is focused on supporting farmers and farming communities, enabling wider education and skill development for young people, up-skilling women, promoting health and nutrition, and reducing carbon emissions in business operations. A peek into the agribusiness’ CSS projects reveals a remarkable impact.
It recently developed and deployed an industry innovation to help bakers reduce operation costs and carbon being released in bakery facilities. The innovation, which is called “the Gasifier,” is a palm kernel oven that utilises palm kernel waste such as palm kernel shells to produce heat that powers bakery ovens. This innovative biofuel provides a cleaner, greener environment and lowers the number of bakers that recourse to diesel-generating sets when operating off-grid.
Meanwhile, the company is backing its women empowerment drive with investment in young people in tertiary institutions. In the late 2022, while launching the Seeds for the Future Foundation, it instituted an educational grant for first-year students in public tertiary institutions.Through a partnership arrangement with Techno Serve, an international non-for-profit organisation, we have installed Vitamin Premix facility for food fortification across our plants.
Evidence of peace in the community was contained in a letter of appreciation presented to the Olam Rice team from the Palace of Okpatta, the top traditional chief of the village. The letter eulogised the company’s deep interest in the well-being of its host community and explained how peace had returned to the community through its effort.
We also envisaged a clear road map into gas storage and we are currently, considering having a gas hub in the Energy City. We have a dredging arm/subsidiary that is into dredging and reclamation of land. It might interest you to know that during the COVID-19 pandemic, our company was one of the few that embarked on the provision of palliatives to assuage people’s sufferings. This to us was a way to identify with their pains in that time of trouble.Our Corporate Social Responsibility is guided by our company policy. This enables us to be socially accountable to the stakeholders and the public. It is giving back to the community and to the people.
Adron Homes has contributed in no small measures to provide succour to different communities across Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ondo, Ekiti, Nasarrawa and the FCT during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in 2020.
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