MTN urges students to embrace its educational interventions

Chief Operating Officer, MTN Nigeria, Muhammad Zia Siddiqu, has called on Nigerian students to acquaint themselves with the firmâs educational support programme and tap the immense benefits therein.
Siddiqu who led a team of MTN delegation to University of Abuja (UNIABUJA), for the companyâs âVoice of the Customer,â programme, stressed that the countryâs socio-economic growth is hinged on a strong educational foundation and students must be made to comprehend that accordingly.
Reminding them that a lot of opportunities await them in the MTN Foundationâs educational project, he charged the students to in addition adopt the culture of hard work in order to fulfill their potential.
In his response, the Financial Secretary of the Studentsâ Union Government of the institution, Bankole Ariyo, expressed delight at the presence of the telecommunication firmâs delegation, noting that the engagement will provide a platform for the company to connect with UniAbuja students.
âWe commend MTN for visiting us because it is an opportunity to interface with students of the university to understand how they can serve us better. This shows that they cares about the plight of studentsâ.
Miss Chidinma Onuoha, a graduate of the University of Abuja and beneficiary of the MTN Foundation scholarship, who was also present at the forum, expressed gratitude to the company for making her dream come through. âI want to thank MTN for helping me realise my vision through their interventions in tertiary institutions. Today, I am a graduate of Accounting from this university thanks to the MTN Foundation.â
POSTED BY:OPUOMONI PRIYE
DATE:06/21/2017
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