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| A cross section of participants at the MTN Foundation training. |
MTN Foundation has groomed the first set of graduate
beneficiaries before letting them into the ‘labour’ market on career
development.
ITRealms gathered the
latest training was the first being organized for beneficiaries from the MTN
Foundation Science and Technology Scholarship Scheme since its inception in
2009.
Also, ITRealms the
training was to provide the graduating students with requisite
tools and employment tips as they step into the professional work environment.
tools and employment tips as they step into the professional work environment.
The career development and enterprise workshop organized by
MTN foundation was held at the Afterschool Graduate Development Centre, Ikoyi-Lagos,
recently.
Worthy of note is that the Lagos-based MTN Foundation was
incorporated in July 2004 to offer a sustainable and focused channel through
which MTN Nigeria drives it’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives
in all 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The Foundation is funded by up to 1 per cent of Profit-After-Tax
(PAT) from MTN Nigeria and deploys a unique brand of wide impact and
project-driven corporate social investment programmes which have won several
accolades.
It has also created a vibrant network of local and
international partner organisations through which its various projects are
executed.
Factually, MTN Foundation has made huge impact and thus
becoming a model for good corporate citizenship, endorsed by a wide variety of
stakeholders.
Remmy Nweke/DSBNews
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