Glo, LASG M-Agric Partnership Delivers Prizes to Winners 

The M-Agric partnership between Globacom and the Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture has delivered cash prizes, farming inputs and agricultural training opportunities to a set of winners in the trivia lottery. 

The event was held at the premises of the ministry. Other winners outside Lagos redeemed their prizes in Gloworld shops nearest to them.

M-Agric is an agricultural support service that guides users on the practical, step-by-step procedures of running profitable farming businesses in the key areas of livestock, aquaculture, cash crops, and value-added services. 

Globacom’s partnership with the Lagos State Government is part of its effort to contribute its quota to achieving food sustainability in Nigeria, the company said in a statement.

A total of 18 subscribers emerged as cash winners across the country, with the prizes ranging from N100,000 to N1 million.

The winner of N1 million is Miss Eniola Adebiyi, a teacher in a private school who recently got admission to study Anatomy in Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State. 

Lucky Okri, who won N500,000, is a farmer based in the suburb of Ikorodu. He confirmed that he participated in the M-Agric trivia game because he wanted to expand his knowledge of agriculture and translate such knowledge onto his farming activities.  

Rachel Moyosore, who also won the sum of N500,000, could hardly contain her joy at the presentation. The event decoration entrepreneur and Banking and Finance student of Olabisi Onabanjo University said she had put her line on auto play every month and had won airtime and data in the past few months when she started playing before she landed the big prize.

Speaking at the event, the Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya, noted that the M-Agric initiative, apart from delivering prizes to winners, enables people to get information on agriculture. 

She added that M-Agric is remotely serving the information needs of those interested in agriculture as an “e-extension” of agricultural extension services since extension services officers are not enough to cover all of Lagos.

Mr. Chidi Nnadozie, the Chief Executive Officer of Nitroswitch, an NCC-licensed Value-Added Service aggregator with Globacom, noted that M-Agric started on the Glo network about six months ago and has become a hit with both the youth and adults. He added that apart from winning cash, data and airtime, “M-Agric is more like a classroom beyond walls for all young people”.

Head of Value Added Services, Globacom, Mojeed Aluko, explained that subscribers can opt in for M-Agric by dialling *20791*2#. “Subscribers can win quick airtime or cash prizes based on their performance in answering three simple questions on the topic they are given for the day,” he noted