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Speaking on the emergence of the company as the topmost innovative food product manufacturer in Nigeria, Ade Adefeko, the Head Government & Corporate Relations at Olam, who represented the Managing Director alongside Bolaji Anifowose, Director Sales, Crown Flour Mill Limited (CFM) said, “This award demonstrates our commitment to excellence in delivering quality, safe and affordable food products to the growing Nigerian populace.”

BusinessDay’s BAFI Awards recognised achievements in a number of separate categories, each of which was worth its weight in gold. However, it could be argued that in this year of COVID-19, any recognition that took into account and was informed by the awardee’s COVID-related activities was probably the most significant of the awards/categories.

The same politics plays out in other African countries. In Kenya, John Githongo, their once-upon-a-time anti-corruption czar, in a book on him, the author, Michela Wrong complains that what prevails in Kenyan politics is the syndrome of “it-is-our-turn-to-eat.” In that country, the emergent politics is not even just about what to eat, it is about ego, elite contestation, dynastic rivalry and power. Wrong is right in many ways. That drama has been played out in the recent elections in Kenya but here in Nigeria, we have also been dealing with the same crisis since independence.