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MTN Donates To Rivers Communities
In a bid to strengthen its corporate social responsibility profile and to enhance its commitment to the rehabilitation of the seemingly charred Niger Delta communities, MTN Nigeria has donated some infrastructural facilities to four communities in Rivers State. Some of the facilities donated include a 300KVA power transformer, a modern Town Hall building, water boreholes, as well as scholarship for 69 indigenes of the region.
The 300KVA power transformer was installed in Orogbum Community; a modern Town Hall building, donated to Eligbolo Community; water boreholes donated to Rumuolumeni and Borikiri Communities; and offered scholarship to 69 students of the state.
Wali Goodluck, MTN’s Corporate Services Executive said the “these projects are our contribution to boosting grassroots development and another way of enriching the lives of our community dwellers”. According to him, the projects are distinct, but complementary to the various projects MTN Foundations are implementing across the country in the three critical areas of health, education and economic empowerment.
He said “we will continue to implement projects like these in furtherance of our commitment to make a positive impact on the lives of our people across the country”.
Wale Brown, MTN Nigeria Community Relations Coordinator during the commissioning of the project and flag-off of the scholarship scheme, said the projects were conceived and implemented with the sole aim of making life easier for the people of the communities hosting MTN facilities.
Brown said our 30 communities in the Niger Delta region, as well as the eastern part of the country, have so far benefited from various projects aimed at tackling major social challenges confronting the communities.
They were all exclusively funded by MTN Nigeria and largely implemented by local contractors I order to empower local workforce.
The coordinator who stressed the need for the communities to collaborate with MTN in the bid to provide the service to teeming population urged the various beneficiaries to protect the projects sites in their various communities from theft and vandalism in the interest of all.
While lauding the efforts of the company, the paramount rulers in the various communities noted that the contribution of the company would significantly make life easier for the residents of the communities.
They also called on other companies operating in the state to emulate MTN and contribute their own quota to the development of their host communities.
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