… Rewards distributors with vans, cash, products
By Bimbola Oyesola and Steve Agbota
The Nigerian Breweries (NB) Plc has restated its commitment to growing the nation’s economy through support to the Medium and Small Scale Enterprises (MSME).
The company demonstrated this on Friday in Lagos, when it rewarded its distributors and trade partners across the country with cash prizes, vans and products, stressing the importance of MSMEs in bringing the country out of recession.
Managing Director of NB Plc, Mr. Nicolaas Vervelde, who restated the sustained support of the company in the years ahead, assured the challenges in the economy would not deter the firm.
He said the award was in honour of distributors and key transporters of the company who excelled in the course of their business partnerships with the company last year.
“As partners for greatness, we need you now more than ever before to win. The environment is more intense and the competitive landscape continues to change everyday locally and globally.”
He noted that as the company looks forward to 2017 and was prepared for the challenges, stressing the years ahead will be more profitable, since the fundamentals of the Nigerian market are very positive.
Vervelde lauded the partners for 70 years of support and affirmed that the company looks forward to sustaining its partnership with them in the years ahead.
Hubert Eze, the company’s sales director, thanked the customers for their unrelenting support throughout 2016 and explained that the annual award was conceived to be a celebration of their excellent performance in the preceding year. He added that despite the challenges in the operating environment, the company did well in 2016 and achieved many milestones as a result of the partnership with them.
He challenged the customers to be resilient as they set out to achieve their mutual business objectives in 2017.
For their efforts, Maduakor got a 10-pallet Isuzu Truck and an award trophy while Nathan Ofoma and Ifeoma Chukwuka each got a six-pallet Isuzu NMR and an award trophy.
Ancaps Global Investment Limited from Kaduna won the National Key Transporter Award and got a plaque, an award trophy and a Mitsubishi L200 double cabin 4×4 DC Van. Pauline Chimex who won the raffle draw for the night got a Mitsubishi L200 Van.