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The wife of the Vice President, Mrs.
Dolapo Osinbajo and former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Hon. Justice S.M.A.
Belgore, have confirmed they would attend
the premiere of Airtel Touching Lives Season Two billed to hold next Thursday,
14th January, 2016, at the Congress Hall, Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, reports ITRealms.
Equally the
Senate President, Bukola Saraki; Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu
Dogara; Minister of Works, Power & Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola;
Minister of Information & Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; Minister of
Communications, Adebayo Shittu and Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, among top
government functionaries.
Captains of industry, heads of
agencies, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), philanthropists and notable
media proprietors are also expected to grace the occasion.
Airtel Touching Lives is an inspiring
corporate social responsibility initiative that seeks to offer practical
relief, succour, hope, opportunities and credible platforms to liberate and
empower the underprivileged, disadvantaged and hard to reach persons in the
society.
The activities of Airtel Touching Lives
are recorded and produced for national television with a view to promoting the
spirit of giving, self-sacrifice and love among Nigerians.
Following a successful and widely
acclaimed Season One, Airtel Nigeria, last August, announced the Season 2 of
the Touching Lives CSR programme and subsequently received thousands of
entries/nominations in form of email, SMS and letters.
Speaking at the launch of Touching
Lives Season 2, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Airtel Nigeria,
Mr. Segun Ogunsanya said the telco rolled out the second edition of the
revolutionary programme based on the monumental success recorded with the first
season.
According to him, Airtel went the
length and breadth of the country, in the first season, scouting for people who
needed help and cause for 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, the
company’s Director of Corporate Commission and CSR, Emeka Oparah, noted that
robust return of the Season 2 of Airtel Touching Lives programme 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 programme that captures the far-reaching and generous
interventions of the telco toward less privileged individuals, people and
communities in Nigeria.
The Season 2 is anchored by popular
On-Air-Personality, Wana Udobang. It features 24 emotion-evoking stories of how
the plight and despair of people are turned to optimism by the leading telecoms
company.
Airtel’s Touching Lives programme CSR
intervention is focused on empowering, uplifting and creating opportunities for
under-privileged people, community and groups in the Nigerian society.
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