MTN moves to lift 200 communities

Having received 92,000 entries, MTN Foundation (MTNF) has officially kick-started the second phase of its ‘What Can We Do Together’ development initiative.

To this end, it had commenced verification visits to 1,039 shortlisted communities, out of which a final 200 successful beneficiaries across the six geo-political zones would be impacted by its corporate social responsibility (CSR) effort.

Speaking, MTN Executive, Amina Oyagbola, said: “Part of the campaign promise of the ‘What Can We Do Together’ initiative is to ensure high-level transparency and communal involvement by carrying the public along through the nomination and selection processes. This is necessary to promote credibility and openness in the initiative. As we speak, all the shortlisted nominators have been contacted to confirm the actual locations of their nominated communities, after which, a final selection of the 200 qualified communities will be conducted.”

To the foundation’s Executive Secretary, Nonny Ugboma, “the ‘What Can We Do Together’ initiative is a unique project aimed at putting smiles on the faces of individuals through the provision of some basic amenities that complement government’s efforts at improving the quality of lives in communities across the country.”

She noted that in this phase, the foundation would focus on electricity transformers, boreholes, school furniture and medical supply donations to community healthcare centres.

The gesture includes 20 transformers and 20 boreholes to select communities; 80 schools to receive school furniture while 80 primary healthcare centres are to get medical supplies.