By Dare Akogun
The Daily Telegraph Publishing Company Limited, publishers of New Telegraph, Saturday Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph titles has awarded Bayo and Bunmi Babalola Foundation (BBBF) the Outstanding NGO of the Year, 2023.
The Managing Director/Editor-In-Chief of New Telegraph, Ayodele Aminu, while speaking at the event held in Lagos over the weekend, said New Telegraph decided to recognise individuals, government and public enterprises as well as NGOs that had made their marks in the field of their respective endeavours.
Expressing his appreciation for the award, the Co-founder, BBBF, Engineer Sunday Adebayo Babalola, said he was humbled by the recognition accorded him by the management of the New Telegraph.
Engineer Babalola said over the past years, about 2,500 pupils and students from secondary schools and tertiary institutions respectively, have benefited or are currently enjoying the foundation’s scholarship scheme.
He also said BBBF has provided boreholes to many communities in Kwara State, supported many widows in Kwara State; facilitated skill development and empowerment to many beneficiaries in Kwara State as well as health care outreaches to rural communities in Kwara State.
The philanthropist also recalled that the NGO has renovated many schools in the state, provided electric generator to schools and religious organization and sponsored annual Ramadan and Lenten programs on television and radios in Kwara State as well as engaged in the empowerment of the wives of some deceased officers of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).
According to him the award will energise him and his wife, Bunmi, who is a co-founder and co-sponsor of the scheme, to continue contributing to the upliftment of the downtrodden especially at the grass root.
