Indomie partners Lagos state government to empower students

In reinforcement its support for the growth of education, Indomie Instant Noodles has once again partnered the Lagos State government in sponsoring the 2014 Lagos State Spelling Bee Competition.

The event, which took place the secretariat of the state, Alausa produced three winners among a total of 60 primary and secondary school students drawn from 20 Local Governments (LGs) and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs).

The overall best student, Olabanji Ebun, an SS2 student of Army Senior Secondary School, Onigbongbo, Ikeja got a cash prize of N250,000; Azeez Blessing of Kele Balogun Senior College, Ibeshe, Igbogbo Bayekun who plemerged as the first runners up received N150,000; while Macaulay Elijah, the second runners up was given N100,000 by the renowned noodle brand.

“Indomie’s support for education in the country is a longstanding one because as a brand, we believe a nation can only be great when the system that produces its leaders is qualitative. This is the second time we will be sponsoring the Lagos State Spelling Bee Competition which does not only upgrade the reading habits of students but also promotes healthy

competition among them. We can assure our numerous consumers that this event will by no means be the last,” said Mr. Tope Ashiwaju, PR/Events Manager, Dufil Prima Foods Plc, while highlighting the rationale behind the event.

Ashiwaju, while commending the winners for their intellectual capabilities, urged their counterparts to strive for academic excellence so as to emerge winners in similar competitions, making their parents and by extension the nation proud.

Also speaking at the event, which was graced by Mrs. Saidat Olayinka Oladunjoye, Honourable Commissioner for Education and Honourable Wahab Akawiye King, Chairman, House Committee on Education, among others, Secretary to the Lagos State Government Mrs Idiat Adebule commended Dufil Prima Foods Plc for the sponsorship, adding that such people-oriented CSR initiatives were the catalysts for the growth of education in Lagos.

“We urge other companies to do likewise for the sake of our dear children, state and country as a whole,” she said.