A leading Afro-focused multinational company, Shalina Healthcare, has stated that it recognizes its major distributors as one of the driving forces behind its success stories in the last year in the face of economic realities.
This was in Lagos on Thursday at the meeting of the company with its business partners and major distributors across the country to mark the end of the financial year of the company with the main theme: “Driving Growth through Strong Business Partnerships.”
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In his welcome speech as well as his corporate presentation, Arun Raj, the Chief Commercial Officer, Shalina Healthcare West Africa, said through the efforts of the business partners, “Shalina is one of the fastest-growing pharmaceutical companies in Africa. Though the last year had shown to be one of the most difficult for business in recent times, we were able to weather the storm through the support and resilience of our major distributors.
“The last year had shown to be a very difficult time, especially for the industry, with a leading brand of about sixty years in Nigeria leaving the country, but we are assuring everyone that, despite all economic issues, Shalina continues to believe in Nigeria. We are committed to providing available and affordable quality health products. It will interest many people that in the last financial year, the company had a 19% volume growth. Though it may be below our expectations, considering the economic realities of the last year, it is a good development.
In the same vein, the Managing Director, Shalina Healthcare, Nigeria, Mrs. Opeyemi Akinyele, said, “the purpose of the event is to refresh, appraise, and evaluate the last financial year for us to forge ahead and make more impacts. The last year has been the survival of the fittest in the business world, but here we are today with successful stories.”
In his remarks, the Corporate Marketing Head of the company, Folorunso Alaran, while appreciating the business partners who are the major distributors across the country, said, “the success stories of the company can’t be completed without the distributors.”
Meanwhile, in their various responses and feedback, some of the business partners commended the company for the job well done in the outgoing financial year and also made recommendations and suggestions for the company to grow bigger and higher in the upcoming new financial year. In their responses, Alhaji Rasheed Adetoro of The Will of God Multipurpose Ventures, Shaki, Oyo State, and Tochukwu Agu of Atidam Pharmaceutical Limited, Lagos, among other business partners, were unanimous in congratulating the company for a successful financial year, saying “the reward for a good job is more good jobs.”
One of the highlights of the event was the presentation of the “Distributor Excellence Award” to its outstanding business partners.
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