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OGHA lauds International Breweries for promoting local content in employment, raw materials
Photo: Speaker, Ogun State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Olakunle Oluomo, 8th from right, Head of the Gateway Plant of International Breweries, Mr. Akintayo Oguntunde (7th right) and other members of the Assembly and Staff of the company during a facility tour of the Plant at Abeokuta-Sagamu interchange, Ogun State.
Damilola Ajibola
The management team of International Breweries Plc, has been lauded by the Ogun State House of Assembly, for the promotion of local content in terms of employment generation and reliance on local sources of raw materials for their products.
The Speaker of the Assembly, Hon. Olakunle Oluomo, said this when he led other members on a facility tour of the company, as part of the stakeholders’ engagement with the Management of the Gateway Plant of the company along Abeokuta-Sagamu interchange in Obafemi/ Owode Local Government Area of the State.
Oluomo noted that for the company to have Nigerians occupying the management positions and for all its employees being mainly Nigerians, was a good step towards the growth and development of the nation’s economy.
He also acknowledged the laudable efforts of the company in according high regards to safety in work environment, noting that such step would reduce office accidents and promote well-being of workers, which in turn would help boost the overall output of the company.
He encouraged the organisation not to rest on its oars, stressing the need to further encourage internship programmes for undergraduates of engineering from tertiary institutions and corps members posted to the State on safety and other training that would advance their career prospects.
Earlier in his presentation on safety and production process in the company, the Head of the Gateway Plant, Mr. Akintayo Olutunde, explained that the company which had its headquarters in Belgium, began its operations in the State in 2018, aside from other plants in Ilesha, Onisha and PortHarcourt.
Mr. Olutunde said that the company accorded high regards to safety, maintenance, quality control, logistics and safe environment, adding that it relied on 97% local packaging materials with over 15,000 being employed through value chain.
He stressed that the company paraded 99 percent local manpower utilization out of 2,000 employees of the company, with high regards to water stewardship, smart agriculture,climate action, youth entrepreneurship and empowerment as well as stakeholders’ engagement.
