Group Unveils Business Directory to Support Artisans
and drive innovation among them, Our Lady Mother of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, OLMPH, Ajah, Lagos,has challenged its youth arm, Young Catholic Professionals(YCP) to productivity, ahead of its 2022 harvest of transformation programme.
According to OLMPH, the move was necessary to enable the youths harness their talents towards self productivity and church’s growth ,while also preparing and positioning them as tomorrow’s leaders.
The call led the YCP’s mobilisation sub-committee to come up with several initiatives, Including a business directory service that aimed to support artisans in the building and construction industry.
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Speaking further on the initiative, a YCP ([ RFLR DQG FRPPLWWHH·V +HDG RI %XVLQHVV Unit, Maryam Owunene Umar commended the parish priest of OLMPH for giving the youths an opportunity to serve and express their talent, adding that it was a step in the right direction.
She stated that the directory, which is a corporate page for catholic professionals, RͿHUV VHDPOHVV PDUNHW SODFH IRU EX\HUV DQG sellers, and enhance visibility of vendors.
She said that the platform would service the needs of parishioners in a conversational way and ease operational delivery.
She added, “The idea basically is to create a networking platform whereby parishioners operating in the building industry i.e. painters, electricians, tilers, carpenters, building materials suppliers, e.t.c are captured in a singular parish database.
“Most times, parishioners go outside to get service right within their nose because there was no system in place to identify and connect vendors to end users.
“We want to harness this platform to build up each other and connect service providers to people that needs it in the church, and in the process foster togetherness, trust and a sense of community for the parishioners.”