NIGERIA Invest in 2012-13 - Newsdesk Media

BAT Nigeria has continued to invest in technological developments at the Ibadan plant
• As at end of 2011, 108 community projects
have been executed in the 36 states of the
Federation and the Federal Capital Territory;
• At November 2011, 75 students have
obtained scholarships to study agriculture
and related disciplines under the BAT
Nigeria/BATIA (British American Tobacco
Iseyin Agronomy) scholarship scheme;
• Capacity-building workshop was organised
for scholarship awardees in partnership
with the Fate Foundation;
• As part of our CSR initiatives, $170,000 has
been committed to the University of Lagos,
in partnership with USAID and Kansas
State University, to enhance the academic
curriculum of the Faculty of Business
Administration in specific areas.
It is often believed that, with the technical
knowledge and rapidly increasing interests
of many corporations in building sustainable
markets, corporate organisations can assist
governments in emerging economies in
developing socioeconomic sustenance,
particularly at the rural level.
By listening to the expectations of our
stakeholders in successive dialogue sessions,
BAT Nigeria as an organisation and a business
realised that one of the most important social
interventions required from a business such
as ours is the provision of voluntary financial
and technical support for the development of
citizens and communities in which we operate.
Economic contributions
• Total tax payment as at the end of 2011
totalled N 158.2 billion;
• Facilitation of the FDI of NAMPAK Limited
in Nigeria. NAMPAK Limited invested
$34 million in the country by building a
printing and packaging plant in Ibadan;
• Capacity-building programmes for the
Nigerian customs, CPC and SON in
support of the fight against illicit trade;
• Other capacity-building programmes
include support to EFCC, NIPC, NOTAP,
Nigerian Immigration Service, Ministry of
Commerce, Ministry of Finance, Nigerian
Copyright Commission, and the intellectual
Property Lawyers Association;
• The company’s ‘Proudly Nigerian’
campaign was launched in 2002 to
coincide with Nigeria’s drive for greater
international visibility and appreciation,
following the country’s return to
democratic governance;
• We directly employ about 850 full-time
staff across the country. Each summer
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we also hire up to 400 temporary staff
for leaf processing. We have 850 farmers
on contract, 400 employed via business
partners in direct distribution and other
services, and we also buy goods from
about 610 local companies.
In addition to this, a large number of
wholesalers and retailers are known to
derive some income from the selling of
legal, regulated, tax-paid tobacco products.
The Nigerian community seeks in many
ways to encourage the private sector to
volunteer its resources to fight poverty.
BAT Nigeria’s performance in this regard
has been widely appreciated and applauded
by stakeholders.
For more information, visit:
www.batnigeria.com
Tel: +234 1 4617500-2
Fax +234 1 4617515