THE Okomu Oil Palm Company PLC recently organized a training for the Executive members of her neighbouring communities on how to effectively manage projects situated in their respective communities.
As part of the effort to maintain cordial relations with the communities and to positively impact on the communities, the company organizes two interactive sessions with the various communities every year. According to the company’s communication officer, Fidelis Olise, this years’ training theme is necessitated by the desire to maximize the gains of the projects executed in the communities under the Corporate Social Responsibility programme. It is one thing to execute a project in a community and it is another thing to effectively manage these projects, sustainably, for the benefit of all.
Olise noted that if the projects were not effectively managed, they become a liability to both the company and communities. He noted further
that over the past years, the company have executed over one hundred and sixty (160) meaningful projects in the communities which included, but were not limited to schools, health centres, town halls, boreholes and the like.
The Okomu Oil Palm Company PLC with three (3) concessions in Edo Statewas established in 1975 as a pilot scheme for oil palm development. Over the years, the company has grown to have four lines of oil palm production and producing 135 tons of oil per hour at full capacity and is currently the biggest Agricultural company on the Nigerian Stock exchange and consistently gives investors good returns.
As a responsible agricultural company, Okomu Oil Palm Company has received numerous certifications which include Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), ISO 14001, 90001 and 45001 as well as Halal
The acting Managing Director Mr Leo Shagi, while declaring the training opened urge the participants to make good use of the knowledge they will acquire and ensure that the projects cited in their communities are sustained for the benefit of all and to justify the cost of the projects. Speaking at the end of the training session, the participants thanked the the company, not only for bringing projects and development to their communities but going further to inculcate in them, knowledge and skills that will help community members to effectively utilize and manage these projects sustainably in future. The training was anchored by Richard Amayo who is a project management consultant.
Group Photograph of participants at the Community Training with The
acting Managing Director, Mr. Leonit Shaji
