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Zenith Sports, Haggai, Partner NAOSNP To Host Walk Against Drug Abuse, Cultism, Other Vices
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Leading sports equipment company, Zenith Sports Limited and its subsidiary, Haggai Sports, have joined the list of partners for the National Association of Online Security News Publishers (NAOSNP) Walk Against Drug Abuse, Cultism and Domestic Violence.
The event holds on June 20, 2023, with start off point at Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja GRA by 9am, to terminate at the House of Assembly Complex, Alausa.
The deal was brokered during a high-powered meeting between the two institutions at the corporate headquarters of Zenith Sports in Ojuelegba, Lagos.
Responding on the partnership opportunity, the Managing Director of the outfit, Mr. Paul Maduakor, praised the idea behind the walk, pledging to see that jerseys needed by participants will be provided.
“We support your cause, and happy to partner with the National Association of Online Security News Publishers. Our common goal is to fight against, and erase menace that is gradually eating deep into the fabric of our nation,” he said.
On his part, leader of NAOSNP delegation, who is also the General Secretary of the association, Theresa Moses, thanked the company for the sponsorship advantage, pledging to harness the partnership for mutual benefit.
“We are honoured and humbled to enjoy the support of a foremost establishment like yours, and look forward to working with you for a more mutually beneficial outcome,” she said.
Zenith Sports is a renowned dealer in sport wears, fitness equipment, skateboard, jersey, customised sport wears and shoes.
A subsidiary of Zenith Sports, Haggai, also boasts of the first automated high-speed sportswear factory in Nigeria, a new dimension in indigenous sportswear manufacturing.
Aside providing materials for the walk, Zenith Sports will be fully represented at the Walk.
Official Charge For The Month Of June
GODSPOWERPROJECT
Palmadex Charge for the Season
I would like to encourage new exporters and also would-be investors in export; this is the best time to export.
The current government, I believe they are going to put more effort to encourage non oil export thereby making business more flexible for people that are interested in doing export.
I want to encourage everyone to come to Palmadex Export Academy.
Learn about export because in coming months or within a year, there’ll be a lot of government incentives for export businesses, and loan facilities from the federal government. –
Dr. Patrick Omoyeni
Operations Manager at Palmadex Group
ChMC (Canada), CMC, FIMC, FIMS (UK), DH (Commonwealth University, London), FIA (Middlesex), DPA (University of Nicosia, Cyprus)
Operations Manager, Palmadex Group
With over 7 years in export administration, management and operations, Patrick ranks among top export experts/consultants in Nigeria to the point of being awarded the highly coveted Kwame Nkrumah Transformational Leadership Award and also admitted into the International Chamber of Commerce, the world business organisation of the United Nations as a Distinguished Member. Having taken highly tasking technical, leadership and operations responsibilities, Patrick has grown his professional career in Palmadex Group, where he is currently the Operations Manager, the position he combines with the office of the Training Director of Palmadex Export Academy. He also undertakes major roles in the operations of Palmadex International General Trading LLC, Dubai and the company’s Vietnam Office. Patrick was the only pioneer staff of Palmadex. Together with the management team, the company has over 100 full and support staff as at today.
After his first degree from University of Port Harcourt, Patrick had obtained Masterclass Certificate in Business Management/Leadership at the London Graduate School and Doctorate in humanities at the prestigious Commonwealth University, London. He also has Doctorate in Public Administration from University of Nicosia, Cyprus.
Dr. Patrick Omoyeni, a fellow of various local and international institutes in 2021 became Chartered Management Consultant at the Institute of Chartered Management Consultants, Canada.
Let Everything That Has Breath Praise The LORD. Praise GOD!
Happy New Month
Did You Know? Groundnut Pyramid
Several years back, local Nigerian companies commenced exporting groundnuts, cashew nuts, sesame seeds, moringa seeds, Ginger, cocoa etc
Groundnut pyramids were the invention of Alhassan Dantata, a prominent nut trader.
Dantata came to Kano in 1919 and within five years was one of the most successful businessmen, supplying the Royal Niger Company (RNC) with most of their groundnuts. Dantata’s company kept their groundnuts at a facility in Kofar Nassarawa, and they stacked the bags in the shape of a pyramid before they were shipped.
One groundnut pyramid could be made from as much as 15,000 full groundnut bags. A journalist who visited a former groundnut pyramid site in Kano reported that the land was now a football field.
Groundnut pyramids were built all across northern Nigeria, in cities like Kofar Mazugal, Brigade, Bebeji, Malam Madori and Dawakin Kudu. The pyramids became synonymous with Nigeria’s agriculture wealth; a postage stamp even featured a groundnut pyramid. However, as groundnut production declined in the 1970s and 80s the groundnut pyramids disappeared and were replaced with buildings.
Our Focus is Building a Brand that will be Competitive Globally- Dr. Benard Omoyeni
Palmadex Global Integrated Services Ltd, a multi-award-winning non-oil agro-export company founded by Dr. Benard Omoyeni with 6 Portfolios namely export investment, export consultancy, export of non-oil agricultural products and raw materials, export of African/Nigerian Foods, Wood Processing, Farming and Export Training Academy in this interview with Daniels Ekugo and GODSPOWERPROJECT, shares his experience and what Palmadex Group, offers.
Ques: Can we take a peep how Palmadex group started?
Ans: Palmadex started in 2015 and was inspired by God in the year 2014, we began the registration with the CAC, and by March 10, 2015, an official Certificate was issued and we began operation once we secured the CAC and the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) Certificates, so by now we are 8 years in operation.
Ques: Palmadex is regarded as Nigeria’s top exporter of Hibiscus, how do you source Hibiscus for export?
Ans: Hibiscus is a crop that grows in the northern part of Nigeria, essentially from North Central, East and West. Our strategy is that we have our base in the north, precisely Kano State and from there we have chains of suppliers, by our agreements, we commissioned them to source for this product, we are talking about from the farm to our warehouse and there are different approaches to that, in some places, some suppliers may go to the warehouse and in some places in the hinterland and we aggregate those products to the warehouse where we now do our processing before we export.
Ques: What are the challenges you face from the sourcing to the exporting part of your business?
Ans: Major challenges revolves around the regular logistic challenges, given the distance from the North East, and or the condition of our roads, security issues and so sometimes breach of agreement by our local suppliers. Road challenges is top on the list because you have to use vehicles, use other companies, you are not doing all these by yourself and then the potential for some of them to breach agreement on the part of the other service providers – cases of delays, cases of people attempting to do away with your goods, people coming in with stories that affect your timeline. Given the condition of our road network, there has been instances where trucks were held in one particular place for weeks, those are part of the challenges, and this kind is beyond our control.
Ques: How have you been able to surmount these challenges?
Ans: Can we say we surmounted them? I can’t say out rightly Yes, because the road conditions remains the same, but in terms of the logistic companies we use, we make sure we use a reputable company. Companies that are credible, so when we get them, you are now overcoming the challenges of hearing multiple excuses.
Ques: In recent time, Nigeria witnessed a fundamental financial downturn, as an exporter how did you source out for Forex?
Ans: As an exporter, ordinarily we are not expected to face Forex challenges because we don’t depend on the Forex to do our job, as a matter of fact, we add value to the economy, we bring in forex to boost the economy but the challenge is where the value of the naira is depreciating against the dollar for instance, so the cost of goods locally also increase which might affect out projection of what we have already planned, which may mean you will operate at a loss or sometimes try to break even in what we use as a benchmark.
Ques: Palmadex is a non-oil product exporter, what steps have you been taking to sustain the tempo?
Ans: GOD has helped us primarily; we always talked about the GOD factor. GOD has helped us tremendously beyond that, our own efforts as an organization, we have in place systems, policies and procedures that are standardized, that helps us to operate, giving our core values of integrity of trust. We have been able to carve ourselves a niche in the business, we have gained a reputation of been an export company of choice by reason of the value we have added, clients are attesting to it that we are reliable and we have made sure we remain same even when our profit threshold is threatened. Our focus is building a brand that will be competitive globally and that has kept us going.
Ques: Let us look at your entrepreneurial journey and accomplishments?
Ans: The entrepreneurial journey has not been entirely smooth, of course as a business that is starting off, there were challenges that confronted us, but we have been able to surmount the initial teething problem, and we are moving on our pace. In our case we look at milestones, our accomplishment, we look at major things we have achieved. We have been able to have our offices two other nations of the world – Vietnam, Dubai, we have robust client base spread accross the six continents of the world. The positive feedback from our clients accross the globe reinforces our position as export company of choice, In addition we have been enlisted as member of various international organisations like International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), we are the first export company in Nigeria to be enlisted member of ICC. We have been recognized by obtaining various awards as best export performing company, that for us is our achievement, for us to have maintained our operation against all business challenges in the last years that for us also is an achievement, so we have continued to increase our portfolio. We began with just having a portfolio but now we have six portfolios amongst them we have farm – mechanized farming, export academy, export consultancy, export investment etc, so for us these are key milestones that we have achieved in the last 8 years.
Ques: As a globally recognized firm, what is your projection in the next 6 years?
Ans: Our projection for the next five years is to take over the world as Corporate multi-national organization pursuant to our vision of being the global export trading partner of choice, delivering superior services through integrity, efficiency and reliability in the international value chain.
Ques: As an entreprenuer, what is your assessment of doing business in Nigeria?
Ans: My assessment is very simple and direct, it is quiet challenging doing business in Nigeria. The business climate is not quite favourable, not supportive. It takes a strong businessman to remain in business here. There are lot of external factors that are beyond your control that you have to surmount to remain in business –economic policies, insecurity, unstable market price regimes, labour related concerns, right personnel to work with, financial support that is not readily available, so these are the challenges and they are quiet enormous.
Ques: If you are opportuned to write a bill to the National Assembly, what will that be?
Ans: If I am to propose a bill, it is a bill for provision financial support to SMEs. We hear of government grants in some instances, but we need to do more and be practical. If you compare us to some world economies, where you can get as low as zero digit interest rate, in some countries 2 per cent to 3 per cent but in Nigeria we are talking about 23 – 27 per cent, so imagine you have an Act that makes SMEs loan available at 2 per cent? That will provide access to fund and boost investment in SME businesses and will encourage people to go into entrepreneurship
Ques: What is your CSR activities within the years of operation?
Ans: We have our CSR policy, annually we have a budget for CSR. One key one we do is scholarship. We have been able to partner with the Julius Omoyeni Foundation for Educational Development, a Foundation that runs an annual scholarship programs, we also set aside some funds for social investment opportunities that comes across to us. We have a dream to build hospitals, roads, provide water and we believe we are getting there.
Ques: How much is Palmadex worth?
Ans: Palmadex is a multi billion naira organisation. Our staff strength is growing in bounds, we have direct staff and support staffs. Our direct staff is about 20 while our support and indirect staffs is above 170. We have continued to add value to employment and wealth creation, boosting the socio economic development of Nigeria as a business.
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Happy Birthday To Henry Kissinger : 100 In A Few Days
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By: Fashina Shakiru
This was posted by an Associate Professor Tunde Oseni on his timeline that on Saturday, 27 May, 2023, American Diplomat and Political Scientist, Henry Kissinger, will clock a century on earth.
He furthered, “having served as the National Security Adviser to two presidents and as Secretary of State in between, much of his intellectual works later became seminal and compulsory texts for students of International Affairs and Diplomacy. You cannot teach or study IR without Henry Alfred Kissinger.”
As for me, during my undergraduate and post graduate, I came across many of Henry Kissinger’s International Relations resource books, materials, seminar material and many more on international affairs and diplomacy, which exposed students of international relations, and political science to world politics.
Henry Kissinger is an American diplomat, political theorist, geopolitical consultant. He was awarded the Peace Prize together with his counterpart Le Duc Tho in 1973 and has numerous awards to his credits.
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Nigeria’s fast-growing export consultants and reliable Exporters of Quality Agricultural Commodities and Processed Foods, such as sesame seed, hibiscus, cassava, charcoal, ginger, raw cashew nut, cocoa beans, coffee, kola nuts, poultry, groundnut, locust beans, vegetables and rubber among others.
Happy Centennial Birthday To Henry Kissinger, congratulations sir.
Farm Produce, Their Harvest And Storage Seasons
Every farm produce has its harvest seasons which every farmer should be aware of.
– In January, yam is up for storage.
– In March, you can start selling the yam gradually or cut and dry them to sell as yam flour by June – you can store cashew nuts.
In April/May, palm oil is up for storage to be sold from November. This same time is for Bitter kola too.
– In June, in some places unripe plantain, is up for cutting and drying to be sold as plantain flour when plantain becomes expensive from December to March the following year. On this one, you have to be very careful as there will be no much sun to dry them.
– In July, Egusi is beginning to come up for storage to be sold from January/February/March or even June if you have patience the following year.
– In August, onions is up for storage. To be sold in December.
– In October and November, corn and rice are up for storage from February the following year.
In December, ginger, beans, garri, soya beans, bambara nuts (okpa seed) are up for storage to be sold from March – June or even October the following year.
As you read through carefully, you will understand that the period they are up for storage is their harvest season, and they are up for sale in the planting season.
These two seasons vary from state to state and are determined by soil nutrients. One vital aspect of storage is knowing when to stop buying.