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 on Monday while, as a courtesy, receiving the management team of the telecommunications outfit, led by its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Karl Toriola, in his office.
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 your organization’s contribution to the development and capacity building of Nigerians. We value your contributions and interventions in 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. As I said earlier, as the Senate, we welcome your desire to work with us and collaborate towards achieving President Tinubu Renewed Hope’s agenda for Nigerians. ”
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 also to assure you of our support throughout your tenure.”
Toriola said, “We can recall our support for Nigerians during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our corporate social responsibility outlets enabled us to intervene in various human concerns. We have aggressively empowered our women and youths through our different empowerment programmes, and we are still committed to doing more.”
