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Young people need to consume more milk

Dr. Elo Ukatu of Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja worried that Nigerians are not very fond of consuming milk.

Marketing Director, FrieslandCampina WAMCO, Tarang Gupta (second left) with judges of the ‘Art of Milk’ cooking competition: celebrity actress, Sola Sobowale (left), celebrity chef, Adeniyi Williams; and public health physician, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) Ikeja, Dr. Elo Ukatu, during the June 1, 2016 World Milk Day celebration with students in Ikeja, Lagos

Experts have urged Nigerian students to consume more milk to better aid their brain abilities.

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The experts who spoke in Lagos recently during an event organised by FrieslandCampina WAMCO to mark World Milk Day, stated that consumption of adequate milk was essential in healthy living and growth.

Dr. Elo Ukatu of Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja worried that Nigerians are not very fond of consuming milk.

She, therefore, called for adequate milk consumption among young people.

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The World Milk Day, which was initiated by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in 2001 in order to boost milk and dairy products consumption, is marked every June 1.

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This year, FrieslandCampina WAMCO hosted students from private and private schools in Lagos State to the challenge of creating ready-to-go meals and drinks with milk as the dominant ingredient.

The students of Yaba College of Technology Staff School, Yaba, Lagos, emerged winner of the  Art of Milk cooking competition. This earned them a cash prize of N500, 000 for school renovation.

Ojota Senior Secondary School and Wellspring College won N250, 000 and N100, 000 respectively, as second and third winner in the competition.

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Mrs. Ibiyemi Jegede and Mr. Olaewe Adeniyi from Lagos State Ministry of Education, celebrity chef, Adeniyi Williams; celebrity actress, Sola Sobowale and Ukatu served as the Art of Milk judges.

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