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Absu student wins brand new car and laptops from mtn

A first year medical laboratory student drove home a thirty five million naira car during the campus activation event.

MyUniPal Newsroom · 21 Oct 2026 · 1 min read
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MTN Nigeria recently visited Abia State University in Uturu to reward students with gifts. Punch reports that the items included a car valued at thirty five million naira, laptops, refrigerators, and microwaves. The three day event formed part of the company youth engagement drive. Favour Robinson, a one hundred level Medical Laboratory student, won the brand new car at the grand finale. She expressed gratitude to the company for the opportunity and the relief it brought to her parents.

Temilolu Salako is the Senior Manager of Segment Marketing at MTN Nigeria. He stated that the company visited the institution to delight customers, support students, ease academic pressures, and provide entertainment. He added that the programme gave student entrepreneurs a platform to sell products to their peers. Salako mentioned that the company offers education specific bundles, night bundles, and social media data packages to help students with research and online studies.

Prof. Dick Uduma, a Dean at the university, praised the initiative for encouraging student entrepreneurship and increasing the visibility of the institution. Victor Uzoma, the President of the ABSU Students Union Government, also commended the company for educating students on data management and providing affordable routers.

Source: Punch. Read the full story there.

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