The Group Managing Director, Chemstar Paints Industries Nigeria Limited (Paints & Chemicals), Mr Adedayo Paseda, has said the company will not relent in prioritising the health, safety, welfare, and well-being of employees.
He disclosed this while declaring open the company’s Health & Safety Week 2025.
According to him, the management spends over N20m yearly on the staff HMO Health Insurance, aside from other health and hospital issues of members of staff that need to be attended to urgently, without waiting for HMO.
Speaking at a three-day event with the theme “Health Is Wealth,” Paseda reaffirmed the need to prioritise the health and safety of workers through knowledge of their health status and how to live a healthy lifestyle.
The GMD said a lot of resources are invested in staff health and safety needs, and in providing safety kits such as boots, helmets, and nose masks, among others.
“We are concerned about promoting our staff’s health and mental health. Through the yearly health and safety exercise, every staff member knows his or her health status, which will guide us in how we live and conduct our health affairs,” Paseda stated.
He described the event as “very rewarding and result-oriented,” programme, saying a large number of the staff underwent the medical check-up that enabled them to know the state of their health, while those who need to do some adjustment to their diet, lifestyle, and those that need to go on medication were rightly advised by the medical personnel.
The three-day event featured a medical check-up, health talk, investment talk, fire safety lecture, and fire drills by officials of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, led by the Chief Fire Officer, Mrs Johnson Funmilayo, and Deputy Director Training, Mr Babajide Adepoju.
The GMD noted that the fire lecture and drills were an important component of the Health and Safety Week. They provide the staff the opportunity to acquire new knowledge and skills in firefighting, as well as to avoid anything that could lead to a fire outbreak or accident.
