Africa’s richest person and the
continent’s top donor Aliko Dangote has announced that he is upping his
philanthropic works across Africa, starting from his home country Nigeria, a
statement from the Group said.
The Group which has made whooping
donations across Africa said, “Africans must begin to take responsibilities by
shaping the condition of its people.”
The statement said within two years
only, the Dangote Group through its Foundation has doled out about N30billion
in humanitarian gesture.
“This
is including the Dangote Academy that worth about
a N1billion, through which manpower is developed across various
disciplines” the statement said.
Only last month, the Dangote cement,
Ibese, through the Dangote Foundation announced a scholarship for some Yewa
community 50 students of various secondary and tertiary institutions
The Group had donated $500,000 to
victims of explosion in Republic of Congo.
Dangote Foundation also contributed a
staggering $2million to flood victims in Pakistan and N120million to cushion
the effect of famine in Niger Republic.
Two years ago, the company also made a
staggering donation of N2.5billion to cushion the effect of flooding in
Nigeria, making that the single highest donation by a private body in the
history of Nigeria.
Dangote
also donated N430million to flood victims, unemployed youths and
women in Kogi State in the same year.
Three years back the Dangote Foundation
gave out about a billion naira for the economic empowerment of women
in Kano State.
Only recently the Foundation donated
N540million to vulnerable women as a result of insurgency in the North East of
Nigeria.
The group had pumped over
N1billion into the rehabilitation of some Nigerian universities, as part of its
contribution to the educational sector.
Two months ago, the Dangote Foundation
donated 12 trailer-load of relief items worth N40million to support the
government in bringing sucour to victim of communual clash that displaced
people.
The Group had also donated N100million
to victims of Lagos flooding, another N100million to those in Sokoto and
N60million to victims of flooding in Oyo State, two years back.
The statement quoted Alhaji Dangote as
saying: “About this philanthropy, I think from this year, I personally want to
take it very seriously. I want to be much more aggressive than what we have had
in the past.”
According to him, “We already have a
foundation which will do all these things, but I am trying to see what we can
do to encourage, not only Nigerians, but other Africans.”
He added: “I am not going to give all
my money to charity, but I am going to try my best and give part of that money
to charity. I am working hard on it,”
The statement said in Benue State
alone, the Group has been running an annual scholarship scheme worth 10million
to indigenes of Gboko communities.
It said in Benue State 15
villages were electrified at the cost of N115million, adding that 14
blocks of classrooms have been constructed for the community around the company
at the cost of N84billion.
It added that 19 boreholes were
constructed for the communities, and that an earth dam valued
at N50million was also constructed.
He said apart from the monthly payment
of allowances to traditional rulers, a vigilante contract to
ensure N2million regular income to the community was also instituted.
“We have also
donated N15million to the community’s development foundation, and we
are helping through the community empowerment scheme, while our one hundred bed
hospital has been approved for construction within the community,” it added.
It in addition
to N78million compensation paid during the takeover of the company,
additional N60million inconvenience allowance has been paid to families
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