MTN Nigeria has announced the appointment of Tobechukwu Okigbo, a former staff of V-mobile (now Airtel) as its new corporate relations executive.
The announcement was made in a press statement made available to Qed.ng by the company’s PR and Protocol Manager, Funso Aina.
Okigbo, the statement said, “will lead MTN’s strategic approach towards enhancing its corporate reputation, particularly as regards engaging and managing critical stakeholders, in addition to projecting the company’s corporate citizenship status.”
With close to 30 years professional experience in the legal and telecommunication sectors, Okigbo is a qualified lawyer; an alumnus of the University of Maiduguri, Nigeria and the University of Liverpool, England where he graduated with an MBA.
Okigbo joined MTN from Smile Communications where he was Chief Corporate Services Officer.
He began his career in 1990 as a legal counsel at Eddie Ntephe and Co. Since then he has worked as a consultant to the Federal Government, an advisor to several businesses, a volunteer business consultant and the political editor of a newspaper.
Okigbo, who is a Centre For Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR UK) certified resolution professional, was manager (north) at the Negotiation and Conflict Management Group and led the team that set up the Abuja Multi-Door Courthouse.
His foray into telecoms began in 2005 when he joined the V-mobile Legislative Affairs team and rose to lead Government and Environmental Affairs.
