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L-R: Mrs. Gloria Butler, Senator, Georgia General Assembly; Mrs. Dee Dawkins- Haigler, State Representative & Founder/President One Georgia and Mr. Segun Ogunsanya, Managing Director/CEO Airtel Nigeria, during the Conferment of Honourary Citizenship of the State of Georgia on Ogunsanya, in Atlanta Georgia, recently.
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Managing Director and Chief
Executive Officer, Airtel Nigeria, Mr. Segun Ogunsanya, has been bestowed with
anHonourary Citizenship of the State of
Georgia by the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus, United States of America (USA).
Hewas conferred with the
award on Wednesday, 7 December, 2016 in the U.S at a colourful eventat the
Georgia State Parliament (Capitol) in Atlanta, Georgia.
The
occasion was graced by prominent African-American lawmakers in Georgia
including Representative,
Georgia
House of Representatives; Mr. Billy Mitchell;
Senator, Georgia
General Assembly, Mrs. Gloria Butler; State Representative &
Founder/President One Georgia, Mrs. Dee Dawkins-Haigler; State
Representative, Kendrick Dar’shon and State Representative, Roger Brucs,among
others.
According
to the award’s citation, “the special honour is in recognition of Mr.
Ogunsanya’s outstanding leadership of Airtel and its services to humanity;
having laid an impregnable foundation for the future prosperity of Airtel
Nigeria; as well as being an advocate for the economic development of Africa in
his leadership roles in many countries in Africa working for The Coca-Cola
System.
“The
Board in its recommendation letter for this honour, maintained that Airtel
Nigeria under your leadership has been positioned as a leading and innovative
service provider, expanding the frontiers in Nigeria’s telecommunication
sector; as you remain a face representing integrity in Africa’s private
sector.”
Mr. Ogunsanya whilereceiving the award from Mrs. Dawkins-Haigler,commended
the organisers and dedicated the award to all Airtel customers in Nigeria and across
Africa.
He said: “Our customers are not the only reason why
we are in business today, but they are the major reason for all our successes.
I also thank everyone, especially all our stakeholders, for reposing such a
high level of confidence on me and the Airtel brand and also for their
invaluable support. Without a doubt, this kind support from our customers has
made us the third largest telecoms company in the world, today.
“Indeed,
I feel energized, determined, motivated and greatly encouraged to continuing in
this great journey of creating value for people and enriching the lives of more
people,” he added.
Speaking further, Mr.
Ogunsanya urged Africans and well-meaning individuals and organizations around
the world to strive to support causes that will empower young Africans with quality
education, noting that quality education is panacea for poverty eradication.
While speaking on Airtel’s
effort at supporting education through its popular Adopt-a-School programme,
the Airtel CEO noted that individuals and organizations in the public and
private sector will need to come together to bridge the literacy and quality
education gap that currently exist.
“Weneed to offer more
opportunities of quality education to more people as this will lead them out of
poverty. We owe it to the future generation to lay a solid foundation for them”
He
also enumerated on other initiatives which Airtel Nigeria has embarked on to
improve the quality of lives of underprivileged people.
The
event was jointly organised by Organisation of World Leaders and Africa
Leadership Magazine.
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