12 lucky students gets N5.4M scholarship grant from Indomie
L-R: Group Head, Public Relations and Events Manager, Dufil Prima
Foods Plc. Temitope Ashiwaju; Dufil Postgraduate Scholarship Award
Coordinator, Prof. Babatunde Oguntona; Brand Manager, Dufil Prima Foods
Plc. Onome Asagbra.
Dufil Prima Foods Plc makers of Nigeria’s no one noodles, Indomie is
the first and only corporate organization sponsoring post-graduate
nutrition education in Nigeria with its Dufil Postgraduate scholarship
award. This is to contribute to the improvement of the Nutritional
status of all Nigerians and enhance adequately trained manpower in the
field of Nutritional Sciences.
Dufil Postgraduate scholarship award was instituted in 2009 for
Nigerian students studying Nutrition and Dietetics at the Master’s
Degree level. The success and impact of the scholarship to the students
and nutritional sciences at large has spurred the continuance of the
program.
According to the Group Head, Public Relations and Events Manager,
Dufil Prima Foods Plc., Mr. Temitope Ashiwaju, the overall goal of the
scholarship is to improve the nutritional status of Nigerians in a
sustainable manner. Specifically, the scholarship programme aims to
assist in the training of high level nutritional and dietetic manpower
in the country.
“It is hoped that over a period of time this will produce a critical
mass of highly trained nutritionists that will sustainably chart and
guide the way for optimum nutrition for all Nigerian,” Ashiwaju added.

At the back, from left to right: Group Head, Public Relations and
Events Manager, Dufil Prima Foods Plc. Temitope Ashiwaju; Dufil
Postgraduate Scholarship Award Coordinator, Prof. Babatunde Oguntona;
Brand Manager, Dufil Prima Foods Plc. Onome Asagbra flanked by
beneficiaries of the post graduate scholarship in Lagos.
Twelve MSc students were awarded scholarship for the 2017/2018
academic session and the beneficiaries studying Nutrition, Dietetic and
related courses were at the corporate office of Dufil in Lagos, they all
collected a cheques of N450, 000.00 each. The twelve recipients who
were drawn from a pool of numerous entries across the six geo-political
zones of the country are: Abdulahi Abubakar (Kano), Adedipe Elisabeth
(Ondo), Awosanya Mubarakat (Ogun), Awotunya Ebunoluwa (Ekiti), Babatunde
Odunayo Esther (Oyo), Iheme Gideon Onyedikach (Abia) and Iyekekpolor
Christiana Imuetinyan (Edo). Others are: Joseph Aaron Nenrot (Plateau),
Njoku Onyekachi Jennifer (Imo), Okonkwo Elizabeth Monday (Akwa Ibom),
Otunla Adetola Titilayo (Osun) and Yahuza Asiya Salman (Kaduna).
The coordinator of the schorlaship scheme since inception, Professor
Babatunde Oguntona, thanked DUFIL Prima Foods for the smooth running and
consistency of the scholarship award. Explaining the aim of the
scholarship, Prof. Oguntona said the scheme is meant to promote the
study of nutrition in Nigeria. “Nutrition is the bedrock of medicine and
healthy living starts with the kind of food we consume.”
Also speaking at the cheque presentation, the Brand Manager, Dufil
Prima Foods Plc, Mr. Onome Asagbra said that Dufil Prima Foods, beyond
producing variety of premium products also promotes this kind of
initiative and this is also a side of the brand that the company wants
the world to see. In his words, “The scholarship scheme is a noble
course the brand is pleased to be associated with, as it serves as a
means of giving back to the society, in order to produce highly trained
nutritionists that would drive development in the food sector.” He
further encouraged the awardees to be more committed to their studies.
Responding on behalf of the beneficiaries, Ms. Yahuza Asiya Salman
thanked the company and promised to make the best use of the opportunity
given to them. She said that “Dufil Prima Foods Plc. has taken the
burden of financing our post graduate program off us by giving us this
scholarship, this will enable us focus solely on giving our best to the
study of nutrition. We hope to make astounding discovery and solutions
to nutrition and diet challenges in the society.”