SERA rates Adopt-a-school as best in 2014

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Ogunsanya

The Social Enterprise Report Awards (SERA) has rated Airtel Nigeria?s CSR initiative tagged Adopt-a-school programme as one of the best in the 2014 awards.Ogunsanya
The Telco at the 2014 (Social Enterprise Report Awards) SERAs Awards, which held re?cently in Lagos, was adjudged the Best Company in Educa?tion CSR. The SERA awards also known as the Nigeria CSR Awards, is one of Nigeria?s highly acclaimed awards rec?ognised by Industry experts. Other nominees for the awards category include Samsung, Eti?salat and Oando.
In a citation by the organis?ers, Airtel?s Adopt-a-School pro?gramme and the Bridge IT proj?ect were described as some of the key initiatives of the Telco which have contributed to the development of education in the country.
While receiving the awards, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Airtel Ni?geria, Mr. Segun Ogunsanya, explained that the Telco places high priority on its CSR pro?grammes which cut across criti?cal areas of societal needs such as education, youth empower?ment among many other initia?tives.
He also commended the com?mitment and sacrifices of all staff of the company, which he said, had been pivotal to the suc?cesses of the company?s CSR ef?forts, adding that the company would not relent in its drive to?wards an improved society.

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