Need for Informed Regulation: The Tobacco Industry Example

Emeka Anichebe

Business regulation has been on for a long time. Since colonial times, government has regulated business. The need for more responsive and effective business regulation was one of the reasons for the fight for independence in the US. As the U.S. economy became more industrialized and the United States grew to be a world power in the nineteenth century, the federal government passed business laws that favored social reforms over the interests of big business.

Between civil advocacy, the government and corporate organizations

-Chidozie Chukwuemeka

Dividends refer to the portion of profit stakeholders (shareholders) get from an enterprise for their stakes (shares) in the business. With continuous evolution, everything, including state – the nation state has acquired the status of enterprise.

So, such things as dividends of democracy have become commonplace. What do people particularly ordinary citizens get for their stakes in the state? That is their dividend from the state enterprise because they hold shares in the state. It is an inalienable right. And where it is not given or partially given or in any way denied, the people put their feet down in demand for what they know is their right.

Picture from GE Amsterdam Supplier Fair

 

 L-R: Seun Faluyi, Managing Director, Global Oceon; David Kirubi, Sourcing Manager, GE Africa; Lazarus Angbazo, President & CEO, GE Nigeria, Vincent Ebuh Jnr, Business Development, Global Oceon and Tassie Stanford, Managing Director/CEO, Tilone at the GE Supplier Fair held in Amsterdam recently.

300,000 Young Nigerians Break World Record With Close Up Teeth Brushing Challenge

L-R: Vice President, Association of Private Dental Practitioners of Nigeria, Azuara Ifeanyi David; President, Nigeria Dental Association, Olojede Olurotimi; Brand Building Director, Unilever Nigeria Plc, David Arome Okeme, and Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Public Health, Dr Yewande Adeshina, during the Closeup Sponsored World Record Teeth brushing challenge at Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere on July 4

Over 300,000 young Nigerians gathered at the Teslim Balogun stadium  in Lagos, as well as other locations around the state, to participate in the World Record breaking Teeth brushing challenge. The challenge sponsored by leading oral care brand, Close Up toothpaste, in partnership with Lagos State government, Nigerian Dental Association (NDA), HEIT Solutions, Vas2Net & Core Media, saw various school students take part in brushing their teeth at the same time at different locations.

Speaking before the kick-off, Executive Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, said that the challenge was a representation of how people ought to take care of their bodies, with oral care being a priority.

Close Up set to break World Record with Teeth Brushing Challenge … 300,000 Nigerian to brush teeth at the same time

Leading oral care brand, Close Up toothpaste, has reiterated its commitment to promoting a healthy oral care culture. This came against the backdrop of the World Record breaking Teeth brushing challenge slated to hold on July 4^th in partnership with Lagos State government, Nigerian Dental Association (NDA), HEIT Solutions, Vas2Net & Core Media. 

Judges Urged to Join Lagos Court of Arbitration Membership Programme

Executive Secretary/CEO of Lagos Court of Arbitration (LCA), Megha Joshi; ADR Training Consultant, Olusola Adegbonmire and Honorable Chief Justice High Court of Lagos State, Chief Justice Ayotunde Phillips at 2^ndJudges’ Training in Lagos State by LCA at Epe Resort and Spa in Lagos

The Lagos Court of Arbitration (LCA) has urged the legal practitioners in Lagos State to take advantage of the promotional membership rate and join the LCA membership programme which has been developed to focus interest on knowledge and educate individuals interested in commercial arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR).

This assertion was made by the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the Lagos Court of Arbitration, Ms Megha Joshi, during the second edition of Judges’ training in Lagos. According to Joshi, the benefits of LCA membership are numerous, in line with the growth of the institution.”As a new and emerging arbitration centre, we have adopted best practice methods with guidance from established arbitration centres across the world, to ensure we begin operations at internationally recognised standards of excellence.’

Mouka ‘Mattress Swap’ Initiative Goes Pan-Nigeria....consumers get new mattresses at discounted price in major cities

 Mouka Limited, market leader in the household and industrial foam market in Nigeria and the ECOWAS sub-region has announced the extension of its Mattress Swap Initiative introduced recently within Lagos metropolis to other parts of the country. The scheme which allows numerous customers to replace their old mattresses with new ones at discounted rate, has now been extended to Abia, Akwa-Ibom, Anambra, Delta, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Imo, Kwara, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo and Rivers states

Mouka ‘Mattress Swap’ initiative which was introduced in March 8, 2013 as part of activities to mark the 2013 World Sleep Day 2013 is the first of its kind in the Foam manufacturing industry in Nigeria. With this extension, residents in major cities in Nigeria now have reasons to experience comfort in their sleep with this initiative. 

ORAL B CELEBRATES WORLD ORAL HEALTH DAY WITH NIGERIAN CHILDREN

Today, as part of the activities to commemorate World Oral Health day (WOHD), Oral-B demonstrated her purpose of promoting Oral health in Nigeria, by celebrating WOHD with Nigerian primary school children at an event hosted by the brand at Chrisland Primary School, Ikeja.

The Brand Operations Integration Leader of P&G- Mrs. Mokutima Ajileye, during her address at the event stated “Oral-B is committed to providing oral health education to Nigerians not just today on WOHD but always. Oral health is at the core of our brand purpose and this can be seen in the superior protective quality of Oral-B and through the free services we provide with the Oral-B mobile dental clinic program.
Ajileye continued saying that “At Procter and Gamble our aim is to touch and improve the lives of consumers with all our products. Oral-B furthers this goal by raising awareness about oral hygiene by giving education on the importance on good oral practices and disease prevention.  

Pictures from Nigerian Idol Season 3, Top 5 Second Gala Show

 

 Nigerian Idol Season 3 last three male contestants, Jay-Feel (1st left); Abasiakan (1st right); Moses (2nd right) and Manager, Sponsorship, Etisalat Nigeria, Orah Egwu at the Nigerian Idol Season 3 Second Top 5 Gala Show, held at Dream Studio, Bamako Estate, Lagos, on Sunday, 24th March, 2013.

   

Manager, Sponsorship, Etisalat Nigeria, Orah Egwu (third left), with Nigerian Idol Season 3 Top 5 contestants, Jay-Feel (1st left); Debie Rise (second left); Abasiakan (1st right); Moses (2nd right) and Sefeeyat, at the Nigerian Idol Season 3 Second Top 5 Gala Show, held at Dream Studio, Bamako Estate, Lagos, on Sunday, 24th March, 2013.

CNN African Voices Profiles Jeta Amata Seasoned Nollywood Director

African Voices, a weekly programme that examines the diversity, dynamism, and global influence of Africa’s peoples and cultures and highlights Africa's most engaging personalities on the continent and in the diaspora will be profiling one of Nigeria’s popular film Directors Jeta Amata.

This week, CNN’s Isha Sesay talks with Amata about his upcoming film and his experience working with major Hollywood and Nollywood film stars.

Jeta Amata comes from a family of well-known Nollywood talent. His grandfather was a prominent writer and actor. Now Jeta Amata is part of the new generation of Nigerian movie-makers committed to telling African stories to a global audience

CLOSE-UP, LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT, NDA, HEIT CELEBRATE WORLD ORAL HEALTH DAY . . . KICK-OFF NEW WORLD RECORD TOOTH BRUSHING CHALLENGE

Leading oral care brand, Close-Up Toothpaste in partnership with Lagos State government, Nigerian Dental Association (NDA), HEIT Solutions, Vas2Net & Core Media has celebrated the World Oral Health Day to introduce the World Record Tooth Brushing Challenge and sensitise the public on the importance of proper oral care.

EMP Announces the Appointment of Tunde Coker as Regional Head of West Africa

Emerging Markets Payments ("EMP"), a leading African and Middle Eastern payments company, today announces the appointment of Tunde Coker as its Regional Head of West Africa.

"EMP's Bank Processing division provides card personalization, card hosting, card processing and ATM and POS driving services to 135 banks across the MENA region. 50 of these are in West Africa, which highlights the importance of this appointment," said Hoda Shoukry, EMP Bank Processing Division's CEO.

ORAL B CELEBRATES WORLD ORAL HEALTH DAY WITH NIGERIAN CHILDREN

Today, as part of the activities to commemorate World Oral Health day (WOHD), Oral-B demonstrated her purpose of promoting Oral health in Nigeria, by celebrating WOHD with Nigerian primary school children at an event hosted by the brand at Chrisland Primary School, Ikeja.

Nokia appoints Nick Imudia as Managing Director for West and Central Africa

Nokia announced the appointment of Nick Imudia as Managing Director for its West and Central Africa operations. Covering a territory that includes Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Liberia, Chad, Niger, Benin and Togo, Imudia will be based in the Nokia office in Lagos.

Nick Imudia joined Nokia in 1998 and has held several senior positions within the organization over the past 15 years, including Senior Manager for Retail IT Products and Systems, based out of Singapore; Director of Consumer and Marketing Solutions and Head of Sales and Marketing Solutions. Prior to his move to West Africa, Imudia was based in Finland as Director for the Sales and Marketing Capability Unit, a role in which he held global responsibility for all of the processes, tools and systems for the Nokia Sales and Marketing function.

Nigerian Idol Season III-“2 down….6 left”

Last weekend on Nigerian Idol, Kome and Dani Angus were evicted from the show leaving Safeeyat, Debie, Efezino, Jay-Feel, Abasiakan, and Moses in the competition.

Who among these 6 contestants will be evicted on the show this week? Which of the contestants will make it to the finale of the competition? Well, now you are the judge. Yes! The power lies in your hands. Keep voting to keep your favorite contestant in the competition, log on to www.nigerianidol.com. Voting closes at 12midnight on Wednesday.

Nigerian Idol is proudly brought to you by Etisalat, Nigeria’s fastest growing and most innovative telecommunication company.

Pictures From The MasterCard thought leadership Forum That Was Held In Lagos

                       

L-R: Enterprise Bank, Group head e-banking, Mrs. Ogba Ori, Guaranty Trust Bank, Assistant general manager, Mr. Deji Oguntonade, MasterCard Advisors, Global head acquiring knowledge centre, Mr. Philip Miller, Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS),Executive Director Business Development, Mrs. Christabel Onyejekwe at the MasterCard thought leadership forum on Merchant Acquire, that held in Lagos on the March 7, 2013.

 

L-R: MasterCard Worldwide,Country Manager, Ms. Omokehinde Ojomuyide, Enterprise Bank, Group head e-banking, Mrs Ogba Ori, MasterCard Advisors, Global head acquiring knowledge centre, Mr. Philip Miller, Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS), Executive Director Business Development, Mrs. Christabel Onyejekwe, KeyStone bank, Divisional head global transaction banking, Mrs. Uchenna Okwodu at the MasterCard thought leadership forum on Merchant Acquire, that held in Lagos on the March 7, 2013.

THREE NETWORKING PARADIGMS THAT WOULD AFFECT BUSINESS IN TODAYS ECONOMY

At a time when IT budgets remain relatively flat, IT organisations are faced with a number of major shifts in networking that cannot be ignored. Finding ways to keep pace with this shifting landscape and the rapid drumbeat of innovation is a challenge certainly, but even for those without limitless budgets, it’s not one which has to prove insurmountable. IT organisations must be pragmatic but also consider their technology choices carefully, protecting existing investments through the use of open technologies and looking at which projects need to be prioritised in line with the business’ priorities.


Broadly speaking there are three major trends within the networking space that are currently shaping the industry; convergence, distributed networking and software defined networks. These topics are not new to the table, but having been discussed for some time, they are now beginning to hit the mainstream in terms of the maturity of the technology and where they are on the corporate agenda.

BATN sustains agriculture sector development contributions in rural Nigeria ….. Rewards 209 Farmers at the 2013 BATN/BATIA Productivity Awards

 L-R: Aare of Ago Are, His Royal Highness Jubril Olagoke, Award recipient, Mr Toriola Adigun and Area Head, Corporate and Regulatory Affairs, British American Tobacco West Africa, Mr Freddy Messanvi at the BATN/BATIA Farmers Productivity Awards Ceremony in Iseyin, Oyo State.

British American Tobacco Nigeria on February 21, 2013 rewarded 209 deserving farmers as part of the 8^th annual British American Tobacco Iseyin Agronomy Farmers Productivity Awards Scheme.

The Farmers’ Productivity Awards Scheme is an initiative of British American Tobacco Iseyin Agronomy, a subsidiary of British American Tobacco Nigeria designed to improve the farmers’ productivity in terms of quality and volume of yield, as well as encourage their adherence to principles of environmental protection. Provisions of the program to farmers include technical support ,farming inputs, environment management, fair pricing through transparent and assured negotiations, socio-economic development and alternative sources of income through crop rotation which allows the farmers to plant other food crops have been in place since 2005.

Etisalat Group Offers Low-Cost Access to Social Media and Email via USSD to Emerging Markets....Partnership With Mahindra Comviva Makes Rich Web Applications Available On All Phones

Millions of mobile users owning basic mobile phones across Africa and Asia are now able to join the online community using a new low-cost USSD messaging service from Etisalat. This will provide access to email, social networking and messaging services, to basic mobile devices and feature phones at very affordable prices.

Etisalat Supports Quality Healthcare Delivery in Ekiti… donates 20KvA generator to Aramoko Ekiti General Hospital

The General Hospital, Aramoko, Ekiti State last week received a donation of a brand new 20kva generator from Etisalat Nigeria to aid its healthcare delivery services. The donation is part of the community relations initiatives of the fastest growing and most innovative telecommunication company, Etisalat Nigeria that has seen the company intervene in several key areas within its host communities across Nigeria.