Presco Celebrates International Women’s Day, Seeks Gender Equality
Foremost Producer of Specialty Fats and Oils, Presco Plc, on Friday, joined the international community to mark the 2024 International Women’s Day (IWD), calling for inclusion, gender-equality world free of bias, stereotypes and discrimination.
At a colourful ceremony held within the company’s premises in Edo State, the Chief Executive Officer of Presco Plc, Reji George, congratulated the Gender Committee and all female employees for their dedications to the growth and development of the company over the years.
He explained that the company will continue to strive for equality, adding that 40 per cent of the company’s empoyees of about ten thounsand are women.
Explaining further, the CEO said: ”We need to look back as an organisation, community and society and think of how to support Gender Equality when it comes to education and employment. It is not employment alone but leadership position in employment sector.“
Coordinator of the Gender Committee, Fatima Emeri, also used the opportunity to commend the management of the company for providing the plaform for Women, urging female staff to take advantage of the opportunity.
The guest speaker, Dr (Mrs) Betty Agbonkpolo advised female staff to have a mentor, be discipline, show confidence and give priority to education.
Also speaking at the event, Human Resource Manager, Presco Plc, Frank Osemwegie Agbongiague said Presco is committed to policies and practices that is key to promoting gender balance in the work place.
He said, “Women are vital to our continuous progress, therefore, it is extremely important to advocate gender inclusivity and inspire inclusion in our organisation and the society at large“.
He added: “It is a well-known fact that the greatest asset of a company are its people; it is also a verifiable fact that these diverse set of people that make up our workforce include a reasonable proportion of the female folk. Presco is committed to offering equal employment opportunity to the female folk.”
