Government officials support Airtel CSR initiative

Government officials are lending support to Airtel Touching Lives Season 2, a corporate social responsibility initiative, to empower community members in different ways, scheduled to premiere next Thursday, in Abuja.

According to the telecoms firm, Dolapo Osinbajo, wife of the Vice President, and Salihu Modibo Alfa Belgore, former chief justice of Nigeria, have confirmed their attendance at the premiere at the Congress Hall, Transcorp Hilton, Abuja.

Airtel have also revealed that Bukola Saraki, the Senate president; Yakubu Dogara, speaker, House of Representatives; Babatunde Fashola, minister of works, power and housing; Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture; Adebayo Shittu, minister of communications, and Kemi Adeosun, minister of finance, among other dignitaries, are expected to attend the event.

The company said: “Captains of industry, heads of agencies, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), philanthropists and notable media proprietors will be at the occasion.”

Airtel Touching Lives is a CSR initiative that seeks to offer practical relief, hope, opportunities and credible platforms to liberate and empower the underprivileged, disadvantaged and hard to reach persons in the society.

Following a successful and widely acclaimed first Season, Airtel Nigeria, last August, announced the Season 2 of the Touching Lives CSR program and subsequently received thousands of entries/nominations in form of email, SMS and letters.

Speaking at the launch of Touching Lives Season 2, Segun Ogunsanya, managing director/CEO, Airtel Nigeria, said the telco rolled out the second edition of the revolutionary program based on the monumental success recorded with the first season.

According to him, Airtel went around the country, in the first season, scouting for people who needed help support, noting that the journey yielded great results as the telco touched lives of many Nigerians.

“At Airtel, we believe, that for us to be a great company we must be good company and we are very much committed to earning our social license – the love and acceptance of the people we serve,” he said.

Also speaking on the initiative, Emeka Oparah, the company’s Director of Corporate Commission and CSR, noted that robust return of the Season 2 of Airtel Touching Lives program indicated the readiness of Airtel to continually support efforts of government, non-governmental organisations and individuals who are large-hearted.

Scheduled to be aired on satellite and terrestrial TV stations in Nigeria and across Africa, the Airtel Touching Lives Season 2, is a 13 episode program that captures the far-reaching and generous interventions of the telco toward less privileged individuals, people and communities in Nigeria.