MTN takes ‘what we can do together’ community projects to SE/SS

MTN, through its Foundation, has been spreading light, water, better schools, etc. to communities across Nigeria. The Foundation has been, without doubt, a vehicle for delivering good goods pan Nigeria.

In true grassroots fashion, the company requests that interested individuals nominate projects they believe require the attention of the telecoms giant, projects some of which have constituted intractable nuisance issues for as long as the nominators can remember.

Last weekend found the Foundation in the South South and South East on the dual mission of commissioning some of the community projects that form part of the 110 projects in the third phase of What We Can Do Together, and to recognize the concerned individuals who nominated the projects. The nominators were described by MTN officials as heroes and as champions for taking time to act in a way that brings solution. That number, by the way, would bring to 510 the number of such projects executed by MTN in about 450 communities nationwide.

The issue with community projects in Nigeria is that everyone knows they exist but few bother with doing anything about them. Well, according to Innocent Etonu, MTN Regional Manager, “We have 110 Nigerians who did exactly that. They took a step forward, took action and partnered with us to bring about change to their world. Today, their communities are better for it. Because of them, school children have learning material; medical equipment have been installed in healthcare centres, and solar-powered boreholes have been installed in communities where they had no water”.

The community projects which fall under the rubric of MTN’S ‘What We Can Do Together’ initiatives comes in phases. In thanking the nominators, Reginald Okeya, an MTNF Director affirmed that though “proud of what we have achieved so far, we are very aware that none of this would have been possible without our customers…. Each one of you shares in all the credit that MTN Foundation receives today”.

Way to go, MTN! Everywhere we go in Nigeria, may we see community development. Amen!