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US Consul-general Visits Procter And Gamble Facilities by fajoren: 8:47pm On Aug 02, 2015 |
The United States Consul General to Nigeria,
Jeffrey Hawkins, has said that Procter & Gamble
(P&G) Nigeria Limited is leading the race for
increased American investment in the Nigerian
economy. Hawkins stated this while visiting the
brand new state-of-the-art manufacturing plant of
the company in Agbara Industrial Estate in Ado-
Odo, Ota, Ogun State recently.
Consul-General Hawkins who expressed
satisfaction with the quality and standards of the
manufacturing facility disclosed that the United
States of America is in Nigeria, not only as one of
world’s fastest growing economy and Africa’s
biggest economy, “it is very clear that the United
States is very much interested in Nigeria and the
Nigerian market and economy as an investment
destination. That’s why our government has been
actively involved in driving more American
investment in Nigeria. We continue to encourage
American companies to explore investment
opportunities in Nigeria and motivate existing
American companies to increase their investments
in the country.
“Procter & Gamble Nigeria Limited is one American
company that has consistently display confidence
in the Nigerian economy and investment climate
and has been at the forefront of increased
American investments in Nigeria. It is also quite
clear that American businesses, particularly
Procter & Gamble in this case, is quite interested in
the Nigerian market. As you can see, with this
plant, Procter & Gamble has made Nigeria the hub
of its business in this region,” he said.
With about 6 million Nigerian babies been raised,
Hawkins expressed that Nigerian babies start their
lives on a comfortable note because they are
weaned and raised on Procter & Gamble (P&G)
products particularly the company’s range of
quality diapers and other global renowned baby
care products.
According to Consular-General Hawkins, the
importance of diapers cannot be overemphasized
while raising babies. “I am a father myself, I know
what it means to raise babies, so I know the
importance of diapers and other baby care
products” he said adding that “Procter & Gamble
in particular very much understood the importance
of establishing relationship with the customer early
in life. Anyway, for a company with wide products
range like Procter & Gamble, they understood that
they need a relationship that will go a whole
lifetime with the customer. And Procter & Gamble
also understands that if you provide quality
products at quality prices, you can keep that
customer throughout his/her lifetime. It means that
almost every Nigerian baby is already Procter &
Gamble customers,” he said.
The US envoy also hinted that his visit is in
furtherance of the objectives of the recent visit to
Nigeria by Secretary of Commerce of United States,
Ms. Penny Pritzker adding that his country’s
government has initiative policies and programmes
targeted as encouraging and driving investments
by US companies in the Nigerian economy.
Hawkins who was accompanied on the visit by top
US Embassy officials including the US Consulate
Economic Officer, James Plasman and the event coordinator, US-Nigeria Economic
Specialist, Dr Isaac Ogbodu hailed the leading fast
moving consumer packaged goods (FMCG) giant
(P&G) Nigeria Limited for sitting its multibillion
naira new manufacturing plant in Nigeria, thereby
making the country the hub of its manufacturing
operations in the West Africa with capacity to
service the entire sub-Saharan Africa growing
markets.
Hawkins said he is satisfied with the growing
interest of US businesses in the Nigerian
investment climate adding that P&G has boosted
the confidence of American investors in the
Nigerian economy. He said the company is
strategically leading the industrial revolution that
Nigeria so much desires adding that it is also a
confirmation of the renewed American interests in
the Nigerian investment climate.
On hand to receive the US envoy were top
management of P&G Nigeria led by the company’s
Managing Director, George Nassar, Plant HR
Manager, Akinkunle Akinpelu, SSA, GR Director,
Temitope Iluyemi, Communications Director, Khulu
Mabaso,. PS GR/SEC Manager, Olanlege
Abdulfattah, Corp Communications Manager,
Tomiwa Akande and Nigeria GR Manager
Ikechukwu Ofuani.
Responding, P&G’s Managing Director, George
Nassar thanked the envoy for the visit, adding that
P&G Nigeria will continue to keep faith with its
promise to be a trend-setter in its strive to
improve Nigerians lives across the strata of the
populace. He disclosed that the new multibillion
naira manufacturing plant of P&G has not only
created over 5,000 direct and indirect jobs for
Nigerians, “the rippling effects of doors of
opportunities that it has opened to Nigerian
business and economy can only be imagined.”
Nassar who said P&G is proud to showcase the
company’s newly commissioned state-of-the-art
manufacturing facility to the US Government added
that he hope the visit of the US envoy to the facility
will further spur the US Government to play its
interventionist role of relating with Nigerian
governments to provide enabling infrastructural
environment for American businesses to flourish in
Nigeria. |
Re: US Consul-general Visits Procter And Gamble Facilities by grownaira: 11:36pm On Aug 02, 2015 |
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