Food, Beverages Workers Accuse NAFDAC of Expanding Unemployment Problems In Nigeria

The NAFDAC is being accused of expanding the unemployment problems across the country.  This follows its recent ban on the production, distribution and sales of alcoholic drinks in sachets and PET bottles of 200ml and below. In a protest march to the NAFDAC Lagos Office , the protesters –  Distillers and Blenders Association of Nigeria,…

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MAN Shares Advocacy Details With FrieslandCampina WAMCO New MD, Roger Adou

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has  paid a welcome visit to the newly appointed Managing Director of FrieslandCampina  WAMCO, Mr. Roger Adou, who assumed office in January 2024. MAN Director -General, Segun Ajayi-Kadir, led the delegation; accompanied byMabel Michael (P.A. to the DG), Joseph Emoleke (Assistant Director, Membership Division), Kanayo Iwuchukwu (Assistant Director, Special…

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Pan African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) Isn’t Working – Oyeyimika , Cadbury MD

Oyeyimika Adeboye, is the Managing Director, Cadbury Nigeria Plc. She  supervises the West African operations of Mondelēz International, one of world’s largest snack companies.In this interview, culled from The Nation, Adeboye shares insights on the manufacturing environment in Nigeria as well as regional integrations and other issues. How do we ensure dollar liquidity? I can…

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NBS Data Shows Women In Business Tops By 90.5% , Men 84.2%

▪︎Cover image: Doris Uzoka-Anite, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment The latest Nigeria Labour Force Statistics Report Quarter 3,2023, showed that 90.5 percent of women are  engaged as self-employed while 84.2 percent of men were self-employed. The reports, released today, by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), was funded by the World Bank and the…

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NB PLC : Despite N51.3bn Advertising Spends , Post N106bn Loses FY 2023

▪︎Mr Hans ESSAADI, Managing Director/CEO DESPITE the N51.3 billion spent on advertising and sales promotion by the Nigerian Breweries Plc, the giant brewer reported a N106.3 billion loses for the financial year ended December 2023. Based on this, the Company’s Board of Directors has notified its shareholders that it did not recommend any dividend for…

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Food, Beverages And Tobacco Employees Pay Solidarity Visit To MAN Against NAFDAC Ban

MEMBERS of the Food Beverage and Tobacco Senior Staff Association, a branch of the Trade Union Congress, the National Union of Food Beverage and Tobacco Employees, and the Nigerian Labour Congress paid a solidarity visit to the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN). This was in protest against the ban on the production of alcohol in…

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UBA Kenya, And Sierra Leone Get New CEOs

United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has announced the appointments of Mary Mulili, and Mohamed Alhajie Samoura as the new chief executive officers of its subsidiaries in Kenya and Sierra Leone, respectively. In a statement, UBA’s Group Managing Director/CEO, Oliver Alawuba, said  that the strategic appointments underscored the bank’s commitment to fostering diversity, empowering local…

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MAN Honours UNIDO’s Outgoing Jean Bakole With Cocktails Party In Abuja

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has honoured the outgoing Regional Director of UNIDO West and Central Africa Sub-Region, H.E Amb. Jean Bakole, with a farewell cocktail party in Abuja, the FCT. The event was attended by Otunba Francis Meshioye, the President of MAN; the DG, Segun Ajayi-Kadir, members of Exco, and other distinguished personalities….

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Senegal Bestows Aliko Dangote Highest “National Order of The Lion” Award

President Macky Sall of Senegal will tomorrow, decorates Alhaji Aliko Dangote, President and Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Group, with  the award of the National Order of the Lion. Industrialtimesngr.com learned that the award is the highest order of Senegal and will be bestowed on the foremost businessman on February 2, 2024. Based on this,…

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