Tastee Fried Chicken drives hygiene awareness in Lagos
By Ibidunni Banjoko
Tastee Fried Chicken, one of the leading Quick Service Restaurants (QSR), has started the New Year with its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme. Known as The Walkathon, this year’s initiative tagged “Clean Up Eko The Taste Way”, was designed to drive awareness of community cleanliness, proper waste disposal, and recycling in the society.
According to the company, the second edition of the programme is intended to drive the initiative of environmental cleanliness and social responsibility to avoid the spread of diseases such as malaria and dysentery by cleaning the axis where the Tastee Fried Chicken outlets are located.
The Walkathon 2.0 kicked off today, Thursday, 5th January, 2023, at Opebi, Ikeja, with the presence of all the directors, staff and with the support of the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), a parastatal responsible for managing waste generated in Lagos State through a waste collection, transportation and disposal structure.
Commenting on the initiative, Ayodeji Adeniji, the company Director, said: “We believe in giving back to society. Our CSR shouldn’t just be donating money but to be functional in society, and to set an example for other corporate bodies. We also want to change the perception of people toward Lagos State as a dirty state. We can’t do this without the involvement of LAWMA; so we have to get them to work with us.”
Also commenting, Akinola Amosu, Finance Director said: “We always look for ways to do things better. If we talk about CSR, it has to be impactful. This year, we decided to set an example which other companies will feel proud to follow. If everyone can be doing this, we can imagine how clean Lagos will be. We got to have a change in attitude and that is what we are doing at Tastee Fried Chicken – to be clean.
“Because of the kind of business we do, cleanliness is key. Preparing food for people, we have to be clean internally and externally so when people come to eat in any of our outlets they can be sure of the best environment ever.”
On his part, Wale Sote, Business Transformation Director, said: “It is an initiative we have to sustain as cleanliness is paramount in whatever we do. Looking at our environment, there is something we need to do individually and as a corporate organisation to show that Lagos and Nigeria can be a better place. If we travel outside of the country, we see how clean their environments are, and we appreciate that. That is why we go on holidays; but we can also make Nigeria the same.”
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