On Thursday, April 14th 2016,
Prince Julius Adelusi- Adeluyi, and his delegation from MTN foundation
paid a courtesy visit to His Excellency, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, at
the Lagos House in Alausa, Ikeja. During the courtesy visit, the MTN
team lauded Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on many of the developmental
programmes in the state, attributing his present success as governor to
the fact that he worked his way to the top by merit and quality
experience in public service which spans over 27 years.
Adeluyi, who said that Lagos had always
been blessed with visionary leaders who work day and night to ensure
that they get things done in the right way, said there was no doubt
about the fact that the State always set the pace when it comes to
driving the socio-economic development of Nigeria.
“We like to commend the Governor for
efforts at driving the implementation of the Lagos State Development
Agenda and there are many examples to illustrate this. For example, the
Light Up Lagos Project which has been quite a success and the way you
have made very good efforts to complete the various road projects
outstanding and also created by you as well as the massive procurement
of vehicles and equipment for the police and Lagos State Traffic
Management Authority (LASTMA) to tackle security challenges. That is why
we are here to indicate to you that MTN, through the MTN Foundation, is
ready to partner with you to make Lagos a greater State and to support
your efforts,” Adeluyi said.
Prince Julius Adelusi-Adeluyi during the
courtesy visit said that Lagos State is the biggest beneficiary of the
MTN Foundation, stating that the foundation has invested over N1 billion
invested through projects spread across the different sectors of the
economy which includes, Health, economy, security, entertainment,
education amongst others. He further explained that MTN Foundation in
time past has made donations to ETF, medical support for the State
during Ebola crisis.
According to him, the primary purpose of
government is to protect lives and property and take care of people’s
welfare, but that it was not out of place to encourage the private
sector to support government so as also to protect their investments and
businesses.
Governor Ambode, who said his
administration since inception has not minced words in placing premium
on the security and welfare of the people, restated his commitment to
continue to ensure a secure, safer and prosperous Lagos.
He said: “A safer Lagos is a more
productive Lagos and this administration is not mincing words in that
area. We are running this administration on a tripod. The first is
security of lives and property. Once we are able to do that, the
environment becomes more visible for job opportunities to take place
because you too will do your work and employ our people.
“Those job opportunities and the
productivity that we have gotten would give us the taxes we need to
improve on our infrastructure.
“You see, security is never enough. It is
an everyday issue but the truth is this, we will keep our streets
safer, cleaner and then we have a more prosperous Lagos and that itself
will make more people to live in Lagos,” Governor Ambode said.
He thanked MTN Foundation for the massive
investment in security and other Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
programmes, and charged other corporate organizations to emulate such
gesture.
credit. akinwunmiambode.com
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