By Olasunkomi Akoni

Vanguard Media Staff Cooperative, Multipurpose Society, weekend, won the star prize of a brand new Chevrolet saloon car in the 2011 International Cooperative Day celebration in Lagos.

The event was organised by the Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives in collaboration with the Lagos State Cooperative Federation Ltd, LASCOFED.

According to the chairman of Vanguard Cooperative Society, Mr. Olatunbosun Oladejo, the prize was won in a raffle draw.

In his address at the award/dinner night held in Lagos, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, who commended the over 16,000 cooperative societies, urged them to use the cooperative societies as an essential tool for the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals, MDGs.