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Rofico Limited,
manufactures of Milcow flavoured milk has reiterated its commitment
towards alleviating poverty and enhancing education in Nigeria.

Speaking in Lagos,
the Corporate Affairs Manager of Rofico, Olusegun Kwassi, said that the
company has been partnering with various state governments in Nigeria
to empower the poor and the underprivileged by providing them means of
livelihood so that they would not constitute a menace to the society.

According to Mr.
Kwassi, one of the partnership initiatives of the company, the Milcow
Mass Empowerment Programme has benefited thousands of Nigerians in all
the states of the country where it was embraced.

The programme
involves the purchase of flavoured milk products from the company while
any of the state agencies select the beneficiaries of the programme and
empowers them to start a micro business.

“Basically, we
believe in community growth and development, touching lives of people
at the grassroots level. In some states it has kicked off while the
proposal is still being studied in others. The goal is to aid the
reduction of poverty and unemployment,” said Mr. Kwassi.

The company also
operates an education enhancing scheme designed to stamp out
malnutrition among school pupils in the country. Called the Milcow
Chocolate milk School feeding programme, it provides balanced nutrition
to pupils in both public and private schools in the states that embrace
the initiative.