Accra, Ghana//- MTN Ghana Foundation has been recognised for its significant contributions towards the fight against COVID-19 at the 2023 National Honours and Awards.
The Foundation received a plaque and a certificate for Distinguished Service – Platinum Category.
The award was received by the Chief Executive Officer of MTN Ghana, Selorm Adadevoh on behalf of the MTN Ghana Foundation.
The Presidential Honour was in recognition of MTN Ghana’s significant support to the National COVID-19 Trust Fund and for being one of the highest contributors to the fund.
These contributions to the fund helped the government to procure PPEs for medical facilities, provide funding support for the promotion and facilitation of research and innovation on COVID-19 and provided support to nearly 8,000 identified needy and vulnerable persons and to other social interventions initiatives across the country.
Other awardees included frontline workers, Board & Trustees of the National COVID-19 Trust Fund, Institutions and Faith-based organizations, Members of the Private Sector Support Fund, International Partners among others.
MTN was one of the organizations who was at the forefront of supporting the fight against the pandemic through various initiatives as well as donations to government, health facilities, schools across the country.
In 2021, MTN through the MTN Ghana Foundation contributed GHS 10 million to the National COVID-19 Trust Fund to complement government’s efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. This included GHS 5 million cash and GHS 5million worth of PPEs.
The Foundation also presented office equipment valued at GHS 42,000 to the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research to aid in COVID-19 testing and case management in 2020. It also presented PPEs worth millions of cedis to various secondary schools, traditional councils as well as regional hospitals across the country.
MTN also introduced several interventions and several initiatives to safeguard its employees and customers nationwide. It launched a series of educational and awareness campaigns to sensitize the public on COVID-19 and measures to stay safe. MTN also boosted network services to aid in work from home, online learning (zero rated browsing sites), and other digital interventions to aid in business continuity, social interactions among others.
Presenting the awards, the President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo, expressed appreciation to the many individuals and organisations who distinguished themselves in their various fields of endeavour and the many individuals whose remarkable resilience, invaluable contributions, interventions, and responsiveness helped to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
