As part of efforts to celebrate and empower women in the South-East region, one of Nigeria’s leading integrated foods and Agro-Allied companies, Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc (FMN), owners of the iconic Golden Penny Foods brand has provided practical skills and valuable resources to help women in the region grow their businesses, reward them, and encourage them to live an active lifestyle.
This was achieved during the 2021 edition of the annual August women’s meeting in four states of the South-East: Abia, Enugu, Anambra, and Ebonyi.
The August women’s meeting honours the rich cultural legacy of the South-East region of the country. Golden Penny promoted this legacy by recognising and appreciating the contribution of women in the country’s socio-cultural development.
The programme tagged August Golden Parti is geared towards women empowerment, rural community growth and human development within communities in Eastern Nigeria. The company made its commitment through several activities such as free health checks, health and nutritional talks, raffle draws, amongst others.
‘‘Building an inclusive society begins with the family. Women are the heart of many homes and Golden Penny is proud to celebrate their efforts. Over the years, Golden Penny has been a good source of nutrition for families and women continue to play a symbolic role in ensuring bonding and growth. Hence, it is important to appreciate and empower them to enhance family and community development,” Bisi Idowu, the Marketing Director, Foods Division, Flour Mills Nigeria, said.
According to Idowu, the August Golden Parti is one of the platforms aimed at empowering women to do more within families and communities.
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“With entrepreneurial support and capacity-building opportunities, it will enable them to impact the society at various levels,” Idowu said.
Four winners emerged from the raffle draws at each event. They include Augustina Igwenagu Anulika in Enugu, Ezeako Caroline in Anambra, Boniface Ogbonna in Ebonyi and Ngozi Colouelus in Abia States respectively.
‘‘We are very grateful to Golden Penny for this gesture. This support means so much to every woman here present and the overall objective of the August meeting. We have learned from this programme and will continue to show the impact on our families and communities. It has been a good experience and we look forward to other programmes like these,” Lady Stella Aku Umunna, a chief and one of the women leaders, said.
FMN is one of the biggest brands in the food and Agro-allied industry in Africa with vast investments covering key sectors of the Nigerian economy. The group operates in four major sectors of Food, Sugar, Agro-allied, and Support services maintaining a rich tradition of enhancing the quality of living for Nigerian families by producing a wholesome portfolio of food options. The company’s iconic food brand, ‘Golden Penny,’ is a household name trusted by many for good food and daily nourishment.
Incorporated in September 1960 and quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange since 1978, Flour Mills of Nigeria is one of the country’s leading food and agro-allied companies. With a broad basket of food products, an iconic brand “Golden Penny” and a robust pan-Nigerian production, distribution, and supply chain network, FMN is a fully integrated and diversified food and agro-allied group.
The FMN group strives in its mission to “Feed the Nation, Everyday” through its five core food value chains: Grains, Sweeteners, Oils and Fats, Proteins, and Starches. FMN creates value along the entire food chain with its “farm-to-table” model by providing inputs and know-how to farmers, aggregating and sourcing crops and raw materials to supply its world-class processing facilities across Nigeria, and distributing its innovative food brands to its customers.
