The data base of Global Reach out ,a one stop shop for mobile short message services[sms] is now said to be past the 81million mark.
In an exclusive interview recently in Lagos, Nigeria, The Chief Executive officer of the company Mr Quadri Abubakar that the company provides platform for mobile alerts to residents in various states in Nigeria through sms with the formidable GSM number database of residents in all states nationwide.
He explained that the purpose for this was to transmit headline news and scoops via SMS so that this kind of innovation will help to drive home the demand for the newspaper in the mindset of Nigerians.
He added that in addition to giving headline news alert ,they also provide logistics for real time news alert and this helps to ensure that sizzling real time news is transmitted through short message services with reference to full details in the print media.
He listed clients that they have worked for in the past or at present as Microsoft ,Samsung, Coca-Cola, Indomie, VcONNECT, Chicken Republic, Forever Living Products ,Swift Networks ,Redeem Christian Church of God Action Congress of Nigeria ,LG ,PDP ,Tanla connecting the dots among many others.
Shoprite beats UTC, Spar, others At Biggest piggery farm on pork procurement
Shoprite is said to be the retail outlet that has the largest chunk of the market in the field of pork meat procurement.
Investigations at the Oke –Aro Adiyan Pig Farm along the borders of Lagos State and Ogun State revealed that the retail giant has been buying pork meat for processing in the last four years.
In an exclusive interview with a pig farmer in the farm reputed to be among the biggest in sub-Saharan Africa, Mr Aziz Hamzat said that in the last four years the management for Shoprite buy pig meat from an average of four times in a week correlating to at least 30 pieces on a daily basis.
He noted with joy that they have had no problems with Shoprite and other big clients as they have met their needs whenever there was a demand to that effect.
He revealed that a retail outlet like the UTC super stores collect at least 15 pieces of pork meat in a week while Park”n”Shop ,also called Spar collect specific parts like lungs ,liver, bellies and laps but will not be able to tell the actual quantity.
His words:”At the moment we sell a pig depending on its Measurement, N275 per kilogram ,the one’s we have been selling to our big clients averagely weigh about 30 kg
“I know that herbalists use it too for their activities aside from Egun people who virtually worship the animal as they adore it a lot so much that they include it as part of their bride price
“There are lots of Chinese related concerns too that usually come to us to give there order through a lot of intermediaries”
Mr Hamzat pointed out that a lot of farmers were in the habit of coming to them to buy the animal dung of their piggery for usage in their respective farms as a manure.
In an investigation at the farm recently ,18 different varieties and shapes of pigs were seen been taken to warri in Delta state through a big truck meant for that purpose.
A trader who spoke on anonymity said that they came to Oke-Aro Adiyan Pig Farms because they were searching for a suitable market for their products.
It was discovered that pig could be slaughtered and dissected directly in the farm before been weighed on a big balance to ascertain their weight so as to determine the price in which it will be sold.
It was gathered that after the pork meat has been weighed they are usually washed thoroughly before they are transported into a waiting van ,which then carries the consignment into the open market.
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