Blue Band restates Commitment to healthy living as it ends successful National Growth Challenge
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| L-R: Tea and Spreads Category Manager, Unilever Nigeria, Ms. Vivian Ihaza and Enugu State Nutrition Officer, Mrs. Henrietta Ugwu with a cross section of 100,000 children reached during the National Growth Challenge programme at the grand closing ceremony of Blue Band Margarine Sponsored National Growth Challenge held in Lagos |
At the ceremony, Tea and Spreads Category Manager at Unilever
Nigeria, Ms. Vivian Ihaza said “We are so delighted at the success of this campaign,
particularly with the fact that Blue Band has touched the lives of people
through improved access to nutritional knowledge. The
challenge was a learning and exciting platform for parents and children, who
learnt about proper nutrition and its implication to their overall health. Unilever remains totally committed
to healthy living.”
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| L-R: President, Nutrition Society of Nigeria, Professor Ngozi Nnam, represented by Lagos State Nutrition Officer, Dr. Abimbola Ajayi; Tea and Spreads Category Manager, Unilever Nigeria, Ms. Vivian Ihaza and Enugu State Nutrition Officer, Mrs. Henrietta Ugwu at the grand closing ceremony of Blue Band Margarine Sponsored National Growth Challenge held in Lagos |
According to Ihaza “Experts agree that for
children spreading margarine on bread provides essential vitamins needed for
growth and proper development. Blue Band is nutritious with main meals as well
as with snacks to enliven children’s lunch boxes.”
Similarly, the Enugu State Nutrition Officer, Mrs. Henrietta Ugwu passionately
called on Nigerians to embrace healthy living right from childhood as it will
form part of habits that will be passed on from one generation to another. “I
encourage mothers on the significance of providing the right nutrition –
healthy, varied and adequate diet – for their children and wards in order to
help them grow optimally, and demonstrate that right nutrition promotes growth
in children.”
The art competition produced 15 national finalists, whose
paintings were displayed at the closing ceremony for voting. David Imafidon of
Fred Williams Nursery and Primary School, Iju, Lagos was voted the best with 31
votes, while Adegbite Adejire of New Gate Primary School, Ikorodu and
Oyinkansola Bada of Lyncrest Primary School, Ikorodu tied up as runners up with
17 votes each. The winners smiled home with Bicycles and Stationery, while
their schools were presented with Laptops, Printers, Stationery and Blue Band
margarine.
The Blue Band Sponsored National Growth Challenge was
launched in October 2013 with the objective of helping over
100,000 pupils between ages 6 – 12 across 400 primary schools (both public and
private) in Lagos and Enugu states imbibe good feeding habits.
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