SIFAX Group donates bus to Seafarers Mission

Harps on well-being of seafarers

(By Udeme Clement)

As part of its corporate social responsibility, SIFAX Group, a conglomerate with investment in Maritime, Aviation, Oil & Gas, Haulage & Logistics, Financial Services and Hospitality, has donated a brand new Hyundai H1 Space Bus to a charity organization, Mission to Seafarers.

The charity organisation provides spiritual and humanitarian services to seafarers who call at the Nigerian ports.

Speaking at the official handover of the vehicle in Apapa, Lagos, Mrs. Wunmi Eniola-Jegede, Executive Director, Business Development and Strategic Planning, SIFAX Group, said the donation was in line with the company’s robust stakeholder engagement strategy, which focuses on the public good of the various sectors the company operates.

She said: “SIFAX Group appreciates the contributions and impacts of the Mission to Seafarers to the maritime industry. Seafarers tend to be lonely and be far away from relatives and loved ones for a long period of time. This loneliness and long period of absence, if not well managed, could be counterproductive and affect performance. We believe the wellbeing of the seafarers is the wellbeing of the maritime industry.

“We are happy your organisation’s several outreaches and other programmes have been able to bridge this gap and give the crew men a sense of belonging. This donation is to support the good work the organisation is doing and to further empower for better result.”

On his own part, Chief Adebayo Sarumi, Chairman, The Mission to Seafarers, noted that the agency’s main aim is to reach out to various needs of seafarers whose ship berth at Nigerian ports.

He said: “The Mission to Seafarers is a non-governmental organisation with about 300-year-old history. Looking at the dangers and perils faced by seafarers globally, our aim is to promote their spiritual, moral and physical well-being and that of their families too irrespective of nationality, race, gender or creed. We have lacked vehicle to move us around and we thank SIFAX Group for heeding to our call through the donation of this bus. It will go a long way in helping us achieve our objectives.”

Sarumi further appealed to various stakeholders in the maritime industry and beyond to support the organidation, especially for provision of new infrastructure.

• L-R: Wunmi Eniola-Jegede, Executive Director, Business Development and Strategic Planning; Chief Adebayo Sarumi, Chairman, The Mission to Seafarers and Rev. Bimbo Aduroja, Chaplain, The Mission to Seafarers during the donation of a brand new Hyundai H1 space bus to The Mission to Seafarers by SIFAX Group at their Apapa office in Lagos.

: L-R: Olumuyiwa Akande, Group Head, Corporate Communications, SIFAX Group; Wunmi Eniola-Jegede, Executive Director, Business Development and Strategic Planning; Chief Adebayo Sarumi, Chairman, The Mission to Seafarers and Rev. Bimbo Aduroja, Chaplain, The Mission to Seafarers during the donation of a brand new Hyundai H1 space bus to The Mission to Seafarers by SIFAX Group at their Apapa office in Lagos.

: R-L: Chief Adebayo Sarumi, Chairman, The Mission to Seafarers; Wunmi Eniola-Jegede, Executive Director, Business Development and Strategic Planning and other executives of The Mission to Seafarers during the donation of a brand new Hyundai H1 space bus to The Mission to Seafarers by SIFAX Group at their Apapa office in Lagos.

The brand new Hyundai H1 space bus donated by SIFAX Group to The Mission to Seafarers, a charity organisation that caters for the welfare of seafarers globally.