Airtel Customers Emerge Winners in Centenary Lottery

As winners continue to emerge in the on-going Nigeria Centenary Lottery, customers of leading telecommunication provider, Airtel Nigeria, are all smiles on the way home after claiming some exciting prizes in the lottery.

The lottery, which is gaining traction nationwide, named Dr. Samuel Akpan, who resides in Calabar, Cross River, the first winning Airtel customer of the star prize – a Hyundai iX35 SUV, while eight other winners have also won cash prizes, a laptop, a generator and LED TV.

Other Airtel customers who have benefitted from the lottery include, Garuba Mohammed from Niger State; Port-Harcourt based Johnson Abanulor; Caroline Nwaefulu from Edo State; Derick Fumbak from Taraba State and Lagos-based Peter Clark who won N25,000 cash prize each, while Emmanuel Akhaolu of Edo state and Tochukwu Okenna won an LED TV and a Laptop, respectively.

Samson Yusuf, another Airtel customer who resides in Lagos also won a generator.

Maurice Newa, chief commercial  officer of Airtel Nigeria,  said Airtel is delighted to be part of this initiative because it is in line with the Telco’s commitment to continually seek ways to empower and uplift Nigerians.

The lottery, which is part of The Federal Governments initiative to celebrate Nigeria’s 100 years as a nation, is supported by Airtel Nigeria, alongside other network operators and Secure Electronic Technology Plc., organizers of the Centenary celebrations.

The Centenary Lottery offers Nigerians the opportunity to win mouth-watering prizes, including Hyundai SUVs, laptops, LED Television, generators and cash prizes.

One person will win a Hyundai ix35 bi-weekly, while three lucky participants will win all-expenses paid trips to watch the finals of the World Cup in Brazil.

Other prizes available in the promotion include ‎N5, 000 daily for 100 winners, N10, 000 daily for 10 winners, N25, 000 daily for 4 winners; As well as, a laptop and generator given to luck winners each day.‎

The winner of the grand cash prize of N100m will emerge at the end of the promotion, which runs until September 2, 2014.

To participate, Airtel customers are required to send the keyword CWC (acronym for Centenary World Cup) to 35777 to start playing.

The more questions they answer, the more points they will accumulate, and the higher the chance of winning. Each SMS to 35777 costs N100.