The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has assured the management of MTN Nigeria of the readiness of the Federal Government, under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to continue to partner with the telecommunications outfit in the area of job creation and manpower development through training and retraining of Nigerian youths.
Akpabio stated this while receiving, by courtesy, the management team of the telecommunications outfit, led by its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Karl Toriola, in his office on Monday.
A statement by Special Assistant Media to the President of the Senate, Mr Jackson Udom, quoted Akpabio as saying, “The entire Senate is highly delighted to receive you and your team because of the contribution of your organization to the development and capacity building of Nigerians. We value your contributions and interventions in the area of human capital development.”
According to Akpabio, “I welcome more and better partnerships with open arms. We are happy with what you are doing all over Nigeria. I am happy your network is everywhere, and as I said earlier, as the Senate, we welcome your desire to work and collaborate with us towards achieving the President Tinubu Renewed Hope agenda for Nigerians,” he stated.
Earlier in his remarks, the MD/CEO of MTN Nigeria, Mr Toriola, said his team was in the Senate to formally congratulate Senator Akpabio on his emergence as the President of the 10th Senate, saying, “We are here today as a group to pay respect to the office of the President of the Senate and to formally congratulate the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, on his victory on June 13, and to also assure you of our support throughout your tenure.”
Speaking further, Toriola said, “We can recall our support for Nigerians during the COVID-19 pandemic. We were able to intervene in various sectors of human concerns, and that was made possible through our corporate social responsibility outlets. We have been equally aggressively involved in the empowerment of our women and youths via our different empowerment programmes, and we are still committed to doing more,” he said.