Winners emerge in Back to School promo

Five pupils have benefited from this year’s ‘Back To School’ raffle draw promo held in Lagos on Saturday.
The grant which is to the tune of N200, 000 for each pupil is part of the Corporate Social Responsibility initiative of the Coolworld , a subsidiary of PZ Cussons Lagos.

The lucky winners, Olumide Makinwa, Onuoha Daniel, Uchechukwu Ekwem, Arinzechi Ogonna and Damaris, were rewarded with a N200, 000 educational grants.

The Managing Director of Coolworld Electrical Retail Stores, Mr. Olugbenga Kolawole, said the products promotion, which started last year, was instituted to reduce the financial burden on parents.



Kolawole said, “What we have noticed in recent times in Nigeria, is that in September, retail spending dips and that is because people are more focused on the educational spending as school resumes for a new session.

“What we did last year was to devise a promotion to support customers during this difficult period. We know our customers do spend heavily on tuition, so we said if you spend anything above N50, 000 in any Coolworld store across Nigeria, you will be eligible for a N200, 000 grant.

“Again we would be giving 10 grants for spending in the month of August and September. This is beside other educational items that are consolation prizes to all purchases, even those who are not eligible for the draw,”

The Marketing Director of TEC Appliances, Vikramjeet Singh, explained that the money would not be used for other purposes but only for settling educational bills.

Singh added, “Once you are a winner, you will submit an invoice of your educational bill to UBA, who are our trustees, up to the tune of N200,000. The uniqueness of this grant is that it is a lifetime grant. So, if you don’t want to spend it this year, it is safe with UBA trustees until when needed with accrued interest. Also, your spending can be splitted at several times.”

Tooth decay affects 12 per cent preschoolers- survey

More than one in 10 three-year-olds have tooth decay, the first survey of the age group shows.

Public Health England researchers checked the teeth of nearly 54,000 children at nurseries, children’s centres and playgroups.

They found 12 per cent of children had evidence of tooth decay. These youngsters had an average of three teeth that were decayed, missing or filled.

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