The car winner in the Ijebu Ode, Ogun State edition of Glo Festival of Joy Promo, Temitope Bakare, was full of tears of joy, rolling on the floor when she saw her brand new car at the presentation ceremony, on Tuesday.
It was, however, not an easy job for the staff of Globacom to present the car to her as some staff members had to visit to the 27-year-old newly-graduated hairdresser at her home in Itaalaga Street, Ijebu Ode, soon after her number was drawn as winner of the prize, on Monday.
Attempts by the officials to convince Bakare on phone were rebuffed as she was terminating the calls. When the calls became frequent, she simply switched off her phone.
The Glo officials therefore decided to pay the doubting customer a visit at her house located about one kilometre to the Gloworld Outlet in Ijebu Ode.
The visit paid off as Bakare, having realised that she had hit a jackpot in the Glo customer appreciation promo said: “When the calls kept coming and coming, I thought they were from fraudsters.
“Though I dialed *611# short code and kept recharging, I never thought I could win among millions of subscribers. This was why I decided to switch off my phone to block further calls.”
The entire community erupted in jubilation at the presentation ceremony, while her relations and neighbours hugged her in excitement.
Incidentally, the winning SIM was a gift from the winner’s 39-year-old seamstress aunt, Mrs. Adijat Adesoye, who was also on hand with Temitope’s 54-year-old father, Mr. Moroof Bakare, and other members of the Bakare Family to receive the prize.
The others winners in the Glo Festival of Joy went home with prizes including generators, sewing machines and rechargeable fans.
Regional Manager in charge of Glo Operations in Ogun State, Mr. Ikenna Aguwuom, congratulated Bakare and the winners of other prizes, noting that more winners will emerge in the days ahead.
He enjoined other Glo users to get on the winning train saying: “To participate in this promo, voice and data, customers just have to dial the dedicated short code *611# and recharge with N500 weekly.
“[This is] to stand a chance to win the rechargeable fan, N2,500 monthly recharge for the sewing machine, N5,000 monthly recharge for the generator, and N10,000 monthly recharge for the car and N20,000 for houses.”
The state Commissioner for Information, Honourable Waheed Odusile who graced the occasion, said he was pleasantly surprised to see the quality and quantity of prizes being presented to subscribers at the event.
He commended Globacom for taking special interest in the welfare of its customers and their empowerment through Festival of Joy.
Representative of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Mrs. Helen Sadiku who witnessed the presentation ceremony, commended Globacom’s forthrightness in executing the promo.
Other guests at the ceremony included a former Commissioner for Information in the state, Chief Fassy Yusuff, Nollywood actors, Odunlade Adekola and Bolaji Amusan (a.k.a Mr. Latin).
Several other eminent indigenes of the ancient town were also present, while popular comedian, Seyi Law, compered the ceremony.
