Repton Group Bags Dangote Cement, City People’s Awards

A Nigeria-based conglomerate, Repton Group, has won both the award of 2024 National Largest Distributor of Dangote Cement in Nigeria and City People Award of Excellence in the Building Material Sector.

The group, with subsidiaries such as Kazab Heritage Limited, Defrost Ventures Limited, Continental Vision, Kazab Homes and Properties, Ibile Farm and Kazab Oil and Gas, won both awards through its cement distribution subsidiary, Kazab Heritage Limited, at the Dangote Cement Customers Awards and Gala Night held in Lagos.

In his acceptance speech at the Dangote Cement Customers Awards and Gala Night, the managing director/ chief executive officer of Repton Group, Odeyeyiwa Kazeem Olayemi, expressed gratitude to the president/ chief executive of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote; the entire Board of Dangote Group and particularly the management team of Dangote Cement Plc for the remarkable corporate recognition and for making their business relationship very mutually-beneficial and exciting since inception.

Odeyeyiwa said, “It would be recalled that on Friday, January 16, 2024, we won this special award for the first time after having come second for three consecutive years. As a visionary organisation, after clinching the 2023 edition, we decided not to rest on our laurels as we perceived the award as a great positive challenge and motivation for better performance.”

He added that this corporate mindset has continued to stimulate Repton Group to persistently multiply its collective efforts and remodel its corporate strategy for superlative performance.

“We are therefore glad about the eventual accomplishment of our corporate target of retaining this reputable award,” he said.

In her remarks, Odeyeyiwa Adesola Mutiat, wife of Otunba Odeyeyiwa, said the group has been able to make it double by clinching the two awards in two days as a result of sustenance of operational efficiency, effective teamwork and persistent determination.

While congratulating the group on the double feats, the chief executive officer of Gokmar Communication Consulting, Mr Goke Ilesanmi attributed the latest achievements to exceptional leadership acumen of the Odeyeyiwas.

In his words, “Everything rises and falls on leadership. So, Repton Group’s ability to clinch both the 2024 National Largest Distributor of Dangote Cement in Nigeria Award and City People Award of Excellence in the Building Material Sector is as a result of corporate leadership effectiveness of both Otunba and Yeye Otunba Odeyeyiwa as well as vibrancy of teamwork, clarity of corporate vision and potency of operational strategy.”