Lafarge Africa Rewards Outstanding Customers, Transporters With Cars, Other Gifts

By Najib Sani, Gombe

A leading manufacturing company, Lafarge Africa which manufactures premium cement brands, has honoured its outstanding customers and transporters at the 2025 Customer and Transporter Awards held at the Landmark Event Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos.

The ceremony brought together customers, transporters and other key stakeholders to honour exceptional performance and reinforce the strong partnerships that continue to drive the company’s growth across Nigeria.

According to a press release by the Head of Corporate Communications of the company, Ginikanwa Frank-Durugbor, the annual awards ceremony, regarded as the apex of Lafarge Africa’s commercial success, recognised the “valuable contributions of customers and transporters who ensure the company’s products reach every part of the country”.

“The 2025 edition celebrated partners whose dedication, integrity and resilience have strengthened the company’s market leadership despite evolving economic realities”, he said .

He revealed that Elder Ubong Bassey Obot of Ubotex Nigeria Limited emerged the National Volume Champion while Igwe Cosmas Ezeumeh Chizoba of C.C. Umeh and Sons Limited and Chief Etim Effiong Okon of Batoframoje Enterprises secured the titles of first and second runners-up, respectively.

“As the champion, Ubong Obot received a 2026 Toyota Land Cruiser. C.C. Umeh and Sons Limited and Batoframoje Enterprises were awarded a 2026 Toyota Prado and a 2026 Toyota Fortuner, respectively.

Additionally, B.I.G MultiQuest Nigeria Limited was recognized as the National Winner- Best Transporter category and was awarded a 2026 Toyota Hilux. Two customers who emerged as National Growth Champions received 15KVA Generating Sets, while 4 regional champions were rewarded with a Toyota RAV 4 cars each.

Other winners received prizes including a Changan CS55, GAC S3, Hyndai Creta cars, 13KVA solar inverters, 80-inch Hisense TVs, deep freezers among others.

The Group Managing Director of the company, Lolu Alade-Akinyemi, expressed deep appreciation to the partners for their loyalty and commitment to the business.

Lolu Alade-Akinyemi noted that Lafarge Africa’s growth story would be incomplete without its partners’ market insights, trust and consistent support.

He emphasised that the company would continue to push boundaries in quality, innovation and high performance, inspired by the strength of its partnerships.

“We are here to honour partnership. We want to thank our customers for partnering with us in 2025. In 2025, we expanded our retail presence and focused on customer experience.

“We strengthened our ready-mix business, launched new products including Ecoplanet Elephant and Ecocrete, our low-carbon cement and concrete solutions and walked the talk on innovation, using technology as a competitive advantage. We could not have done this without our customers and partners,” he said.

In his remarks, the Commercial Director, Gbenga Onimowo, described customers and transporters as “trade champions” whose excellence and unwavering belief in the company’s products have sustained the company’s strong position in the market.

Onimowo stated that their shared values and commitment to growth have created a mutually beneficial relationship built on trust, loyalty, and integrity.

Also speaking, the Logistics Director, Osaze Aghatise, acknowledged the transporters as the critical bridge between the company and its customers, ensuring efficient distribution and nationwide availability of “its innovative building solutions”,.

According to him, the awards serve as both recognition and motivation, encouraging partners to continue raising the bar.