Airtel to Adopt Nine Primary Schools across Nigeria

In line with its corporate vision of supporting underprivileged children and uplifting the standard of primary education across the country, Leading Telecommunications Services provider, Airtel Nigeria has announced plans to select nine primary schools under its adopt-a-school programme.

Under the programme, Airtel will renovate and rebuild the selected schools, provide learning materials for the pupils, re-train teachers and continuously support the schools for an indefinite period.

Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Airtel Nigeria, Rajan Swaroop disclosed that the company had selected nine primary schools, saying that the telecoms operator has already reached an agreement with the relevant State Universal Basic Education Boards for three of the schools in Imo, Cross River and Ogun states.
He added that the move underlines the company’s commitment to partnering the Nigerian government in providing quality education for children.

“Without a doubt, Airtel is in Nigeria to stay. We are not only interested in increasing our investments to build the largest and best network, we are also committed to building a great future for Nigerian children, the leaders of tomorrow,” he said.

At the event, Swaroop also disclosed that two years after it took over an existing network, Airtel Nigeria has grown its subscriber base by 31% or additional five and half million persons to hit 20 million subscribers.
He said the growth in subscriber numbers at Airtel was one of several indicators of growing customer acceptance and love of the brand that seeks as its vision to be the most loved brand in all its markets.
Traffic on the Airtel network grew by 124% since the 2010 acquisition by the Bharti Airtel Group. Airtel Nigeria is the lodestar in the 16-country African operations of Bharti Airtel with head office in Nairobi, Kenya.

The growth has also come on the back of an investment of $1.2 billion (approximately N192 billion) within the period, innovations in marketing as well as in the network that have positively influenced the Nigerian telecommunications landscape.

Source: www.worldstagegroup.com

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