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Mouka Foam Re-affirms Commitment To Economic Dev
Amist the global economic mettledown and the credit crunch that has taken its toll on a number of companies in Nigerian and the world, Mouka limited, has restated its commitment to the growth and development of the economy.
The managing director and chief executive officer of the company, Mrs Peju Adebajo, made this known at the company’s distributors end-of-year party and recognition award ceremony in Lagos recently.
Adebajo, noted that the company, which has been in operation for half a century and employs more than 600 Nigerians through its distribution channels nationalwide, has been partners with the government in creating employment and serving as an arrowhead for the rescuseitation of the country’s almost comatose real sector.
According to her, the feat gave insight to why the standards organisation of Nigeria (SON) has repeatedly awarded the company with 150 certification over the years.
Furthermore, she explained that the Mouka brand presented to customers show cased a unique value proposition, as a result of its distinctive high quality content.
The company’s MD/CEO, stressed that it is the result of the company’s strict adherence to standard international production practices, that all Mouka mattnesses come strong and clean with a three year warranty-which is a clear signification of quality assurance. There is no foam company in Nigeria that is bold enough to documents this warranty on the produce label, she said.
In a bid to ensure that the cordial business relationship that exist between it and its distributors is maintained, the Managing Director revealed to customers its planned help in the areas of stocking and distributing Mouka foam brands through the creative deployment of brand awareness and visibility creation platforms through billboards and mass media.
Also speaking, the Chief Finance Officer (CFO) Mr Benson Osieme, gave a concise history of the company since its inception in Kano in 1959, saying that it has maintained its lead over the years. Mr Osieme, hinted that the company was the first plant in Africa, middle east, Near-East and Eastern Europe to comply with the worldwide ban on all ozone depleting substances known as the Montreal protocol.
Earlier, he has also revealed that the company was the first foam company in Nigeria to receive 150 9001 certification (qualify which was upgraded to QMS 14001: 2008 version.