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LAPO Community Campaign for Cancer Control (LAPO-C4) Project: 3,762 Enlightened, Screened The LAPO Community Campaign for Cancer Control (LAPO-C4) is a community-based health intervention project aimed at reducing cancer-related deaths in Nigeria through public awareness on prevention and early detection of malignant cases. In April 2023, the organisation sensitized and screened 3,638community members on Breast,…

Four Women Win LAPO Award Four outstanding women were honoured in different fields of human endeavour at the LAPO Outstanding Women Leadership Award on Tuesday in Benin. In the professional category, Proprietor of Anchor International School, Kogi, Helen Mathias, was adjudged the winner; Gladys Okoro won in the business category; Mary Jackson won the farming…

Medical expert says BMC will address preventable deaths in Nigeria Healthcare facility, Benin Medical Care (BMC), yesterday, restated its commitment to the provision of quality healthcare delivery in Nigeria through cutting-edge technology and patient-centric approaches toward reducing preventable deaths in the country. In a message to mark the third anniversary of the facility, the Chairman,…

BMC Pledges Commitment to Excellent Health Service Delivery The leadership of the Benin Medical Care (BMC) has restated its commitment to the provision of excellent healthcare service delivery in Nigeria through cutting-edge technology and patient-centric approaches. The body made this declaration through a statement that was released by James-Wisdom Abhulimen, head, programme & communications, Lift…

LAPO empowers 183,538 rural farmers with N75.4billion in 7 years The management of Lift Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO) says it has disbursed the sum of N75.4 billion to empower 183,538 rural farmers between 2015 and July 2022. Dr Honestus Obadiora, executive director of the organization made the disclosure on Thursday at a one-day webinar programme…

Agric Investment: Stakeholders Advocate Financial Inclusion, Private Participation The need to have more private investors in the Agricultural sector in order to promote growth and sustainability of all sectors has been stressed as the Lift Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO), on Thursday in Benin City, held a one-day webinar on “Promoting Financial Inclusion for Agriculture and…

LAPO Co-operative Society Holds 2nd AGM, Elects New EXCO The LAPO Staff Multipurpose Co-operative Society held its 2nd. Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Friday, December 2nd, 2022 with a new executive elected to run the affairs of the cooperative. The AGM provided a golden opportunity for members to review the state of affairs and success…

UPPS Emerges Winner of 2022 Annual LAPO Quiz Competition The 2022 edition of the annual LAPO quiz competition for secondary schools in Edo and Delta States climaxed on Friday, with University Preparatory Secondary School emerging overall winner with 60 points at the grand finale held at the main hall of LAPO Institute for Microfinance and…

Like Seplat, LAPO MFB donates millions of naira Science equipment to Edo schools LAPO Microfinance Bank Limited, like Seplat Energy Plc, has empowered three secondary schools in Edo State with Science equipment worth millions of naira. BusinessDay reports that Seplat Energy Plc had on October 28, 2022, splashed the sum of N18.675 million in project…

FG approves five-year tax break for agric investors The Federal Government has approved new incentives for investors in the agricultural sector to improve high-level private sector participation in the nation’s food production and processing industry, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Abubakar, has said. Among the incentives included tax and duty-free holidays…