60 Nigerians to become millionaires through Airtel

By Prince Osuagwu

IF all goes according to plan for Airtel Nigeria, it would have made millionaires out of sixty Nigerians, and offered 240 more an all expense paid trip to Dubai at the end of this year’s new launched Red Hot promo.

The  reward initiative, which is the third in the series, will create exciting opportunities for telecoms consumers across the country as sixty Nigerians will win an amazing Emirates Holiday in Dubai for themselves and any three of their loved ones. Each of the sixty lucky winners will then choose the other three persons who will accompany them on this all-expense paid trip to Dubai.

To add to the excitement, Airtel will create sixty instant millionaires over sixty days by giving out, one million Naira in daily draws over the next sixty days.

The telco added that everyone – customers and telecoms consumers – stand a chance to win big as the promo offers lots of opportunities and prizes, including millions in airtime, smartphones and other mouth-watering prizes.

Announcing the initiative at a press conference in Lagos recently, Chief Commercial Officer, Airtel Nigeria, Mr. Ahmed Mokhles, said the telco is committed to connecting Nigerians to their dreams and providing credible platforms and spring boards for telecoms consumers achieve their greatness.

“Airtel’s  RedHot Promo  is a reward programme that seeks to excite and delight Nigerians. It demonstrates our commitment to rewarding our customers for their continuing patronage and loyalty while also welcoming new users to our network,” he said.

To participate and win in the  Red Hot promo, customers need to accumulate points by recharging his/her line, buying any TalkMore bundle, buying any data bundles, registering for Access Money or even calling 141 (MAMO)

With a point-based system, customers can improve their chances of winning by increasing their recharges. A higher recharge earns customers more points and puts them in a better position to win big in the promo.   For instance, airtime recharge between N100 – N199 will give a customer one point, while N200 – N499 recharge will earn a customer 3 points. A recharge between N500 – N999 will give customer 10 points, while N1000 – 4999 will get customer 25 points.

To get 60 points, customers need airtime recharge of N5000 and above. Bundle subscriptions  such as Talkmore, Premier Connect, data bundle, Android bundle, SMS bundle, International or Roaming bundle gets 10 points each.

Roaming bundle

With just Access Money Registration or MAMO fulfillment of bundles, a customer can score 20 points, while a transaction on Access Money, MAMO call in, use of extra credit or Value Added Subscriptions like Magic Voice, Airtel Radio earns a subscriber 10 points each.

To check the points earned, customers are expected to send POINTS as text to 576. The points scored by customers are accumulated throughout the promo.The Airtel Red Hot Promo, which runs from the 4th  of December 2015 to the 1st  of February 2016,  is open to all customers.

Recall that truck driver, Abiodun Adio, won the grand prize of a 2015 Range Rover Vogue in the Season 2, while  Danjuma Ibrahim Yakubu, a National Assembly correspondent with Radio Nigeria Precious FM, in Lafia, Nasarawa State, emerged winner of the N10m grand prize in the Season 1.