Business

October 25, 2009

Dansa support community on poverty alleviation scheme

In a bid to help improve on standard of living, Dansa foods has started a poverty alleviation campaign to support communities by empowering people to begin a small scale business as away of reducing poverty in the nation.
Mr. Pankaj Kumar, Managing Director of Dansa Foods in company of Prince Ademuyiwa S. Adedeji., Kosofe Local Government Chairman area of Lagos where the presentations were made saw first beneficiaries receive
fifty units of Kiosk, Generator, Regenerator and money.

Kumar  revealed  that the programme was initiated to improve the standard of living of the people and create opportunity for business enterprise which in the long run would reduce unemployment.

He declared that  Dansa belongs to Nigerians, and that the company is  socially committed to the people, while giving assurance of the delivery of the  kiosks, generators, Regenerators and source funds to the tune of 250units for Kosofe local government area.

Ademuyiwa referred to the scheme as a ground breaking one. He was also delighted that Kosofe Local Government is the first local Government in the entire country where  Dansa is introducing this scheme.

He pleaded with the beneficiaries to put the kiosks in a proper place and not on the road or on the drainage system that would cause obstruction. He also gave a note of warning, stressing  that the continuity of the scheme depends largely on their attitude towards loan repayment, and not taking the business capital and profit for celebrating and gallivanting. There were fifty names on the first list of beneficiaries.
I addition, the company said that the scheme would expand to about two hundred and fifty schools in Lagos