Truckit Clinches World Summit Award
Indigenous transportation company, Truckit, has been recognised for its innovativeness at the World Summit Award, WSA, which held in Vienne, Austria.
The company was recognised for its uTruckit application, a technology that enables cargo owners to convey their cargo the way they want it from the comfort of their homes. The firm joined 39 other winners who won in the smart settlements and urbanisation category of WSA, thus, bringing Nigeria back on the international award map since 2016.
WSA is a global initiative, which aims to select and promote the world’s best in digital content and innovative applications. It is organised in the framework of the United Nations’ World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), and mandated by the WSIS Plan of Action.
Speaking on the feat, CEO and Founder of Truckit Trucks Solutions Limited, Mr. Tom Roberts, expressed delight on the award which he said would only motivate the company to perform better.
“We feel very proud of this award as it is a great honour that the international community recognised the exceptional value in the UTRUCKIT APP. Almost 400 submissions from 180 United Nations member states participated in this year´s WSA contest. The competition was tough and the selection process was highly competitive. Hence, we are so glad we scaled through.
“We are pioneer of the 1st truck booking solution in Nigeria and Africa and we are proud to have achieved this. The innovation is managed by experienced professionals with a track record of delivering logistics solutions. It has been good doing such business in Nigeria.”
Explaining the award initiative, Chairman, Programos Software Group and Founder, Programos Foundation, Nigeria’s coordinating civil society organisation for the United Nations-based World Summit Awards, Mr. Amos Emmanuel, noted that 40 winners from 23 countries were selected from over 400 nominations from 180 countries.
As part of its commitment to the well-being of the society, the International Association of Lions Clubs, District 404B2 has partnered 10 state governments in Nigeria to stamp out measles in the country.
This is in fulfillment of the key objective of the club to achieve a well society, thus making life worth living for everyone.
Identifying targeted states as Lagos, Kwara, Edo, Eboyin Ekiti, Osun, Ogun, Oyo, Ondo and Akwa Ibom, the District Governor, Lion Asiwaju Ayobola Samuel, noted that the club had taken up the responsibility of embarking on a massive sensitisation campaign to educate the masses on the nature of the disease so as to enhance participation in the vaccination exercise ongoing.
The district governor noted that measles being a killer and most contagious viral disease claims about 246 lives daily most of whom were children and for those who survive the disease, nearly 30 per cent of them suffer complications such as pneumonia, hearing loss, brain damage, blindness and encephalitis.
Reiterating that the ailment could be prevented through routine immunisation, he urged parents and guardians to ensure that their children and wards take part in the measles vaccination activity when there is need for it.
“The essence of this campaign was to underscore the club’s concern for the eradication of measles and to drive home the belief and involvement in the mass mobilisation for immunisation.
“At the international level, the club through its foundation, Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) entered into partnership with organisations around the world like Gavi, the vaccine alliance, the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development, DFID and the bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
“At the national level, we have been working closely with the Federal Govt of Nigeria through the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NAPHCDA, Nigerian Paediatric Society, Nigeria Red Cross Society, World Health Organisation, WHO, e.t.c. By this partnership, millions of Nigerian lives have been saved as a result of them being vaccinated,” Asiwaju stated.
He added that the club’s participation in this year’s eradication campaign further reaffirmed its strong belief in the efficacy of immunisation against measles and sustained campaigns as strategies to fight the disease.
“As an organisation, we shall continue to advance, promote and champion the cause of mass mobilisation for immunisation in the nook and cranny of the country as well as ensure that no child within the age range of nine months to five years is left out of the activity,” he said.