Airtel to feed 5,000 in IDPs at Xmas

Telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, has announced plans to feed 5,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) across five different IDP camps under its annual Christmas programme, ‘Airtel 5 Days of Love’.

The initiative to distribute 1,000 palliative packs to five select IDP camps in five states across the country over a period of five kicked off on December 13 in Ugha IDP Camp, Benue State. The next stop will be in Kasaisa IDP Camp in Damaturu, Yobe State on Tuesday, 14 today and tomorrow. It will be at the IDP camp in Ekiti State. On Thursday, December 16, the programme will hold in Anka, Zamfara State. The distribution will be concluded at the IDP Camp in Ekende, Ogoja, Cross Rivers State on Friday,  December 17.

Speaking on the initiative, the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Airtel Nigeria, Mr Surendran Chemmenkotil, noted that this year’s edition of ‘Airtel 5 Days of Love’ is symbolic as it coincides with the company’s 20th anniversary in Nigeria, which he described as a landmark achievement and glowing testimony to Airtel’s commitment to the government and people of Nigeria.

“Against the backdrop of our 20th anniversary and 20 years of GSM operations in Nigeria, I must express my profound appreciation to all the stakeholders in Nigeria’s telecom’s ecosystem. Airtel appreciates you all and most importantly, we value all our customers, especially those that have been with us since 2001,” said Chemmenkotil.

The Airtel boss added that 2021 has been an interesting year and as the year winds down, it will be proper for well-meaning individuals and corporate organisations to express love and appreciation to their stakeholders especially the underprivileged.

“It is that time of the year when we all count our blessings, appreciate our friends, help and uplift the less privileged and generally show love to one another and everybody. Aside from the special token we are extending to our fellow Nigerians in these five IDP centres, we would like to seize this opportunity to wish all Nigerians a merry and safe Christmas and prosperous New Year”, he concluded.

The Airtel ‘5 Days of Love’ programme, which is in its 7th edition, is designed to identify with  underprivileged persons as well as support the downtrodden in communities where Airtel operates.

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