Lagos Free Zone Celebrates LASU’s Best Student in Transport

Tolaram Science programme is committed to influencing more exceptional talent like Olakunle in the axis

The Managing Director of Lagos Free Zone, Dinesh Rathi, described Olakunle’s emergence as the best-graduating student in his department as a testimonial to the impact of the TSC in the advancement of education in the axis.

While describing Olakunle as a worthy ambassador of the science challenge, which is a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative targeted at developing and promoting interest in science-based subjects among students of the local communities, Rathi noted that his story would go further to inspire others to aim for the best.
 

He disclosed that during his secondary school days, Olakunle received nominations to represent Magbon-Alade Senior Grammar School at the TSC in 2016 and 2017.
 
Rathi stated that the seventh edition of the science competition will start on Friday, July 7, among secondary schools in the axis.

The Tolaram Science Challenge is a science-based competition among schools in the Ibeju-Lekki axis of Lagos State. The competition, which started in 2016, is powered by Lagos Free Zone (LFZ), a 100% subsidiary of Tolaram, one of the leading conglomerates in Nigeria, as part of the LFZ’s Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives targeted at developing and promoting science-based subjects amongst the students of the local communities.

Established in 2012, Lagos Free Zone (LFZ) is a unique and award-winning port-based industrial zone (850 hectares) in Lagos, Nigeria, with over USD 2.5 billion committed FDI projects to date. Owned and promoted by Tolaram, LFZ is located in Lekki, the sun rise development corridor in Lagos.

Our vision is to be the preferred industrial hub in West Africa with world-class infrastructure and we are proud to be serving global brands like BASF,e Kellogg’s, Colgate, Arla, Dufil, Lekki Port among others as our current tenants. Lekki Port at LFZ started operations in April 2023. It is the deepest seaport in Nigeria with a draft of 16.5m and the capacity to handle 1.2mn TEUs per annum..

July 06, 2023