As part of its philanthropic gesture, the Dangote Foundation has
delivered food items to alleviate the suffering of the vulnerable and the
indigent in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The food items, worth millions of Naira, was last Thursday
presented to the Minister of FCT Malam Muhammad Musa Bello.
Receiving the items, the Minister said he was impressed by the
gesture and promised to ensure that the beneficiaries get the products.
The Acting Secretary of Social Development Bolanle Irene Elegbede
who represented the Minister commended the President of the Dangote Group Aliko
Dangote and the Dangote Foundation for supporting the poor people in
Abuja.
The items delivered in Abuja included: Dangote Sugar, Dangote
Salt, Dangote Spaghetti, rice, Danvita and wheat meal.
This donation followed the contribution by the Foundation of a
staggering N2billion to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Borno last
month.
Speaking at the ceremony marking the distribution of the food
items in Abuja, Chairman of the Dangote Foundation Aliko Dangote who was
represented by Dr. Azeez Oseni, Director of Health and Nutrition, said the
Foundation was committed to alleviating poverty in Nigeria.
He said Dangote Foundation is “committed to alleviating poverty
and suffering of underprivileged by supporting social and economic change
through investments and interventions that improve the lives of the less
fortunate” This, according to him, will make a positive difference in the
growth of the nation.
The focus of Dangote Foundation, according to the Chairman, will
be on Health and Nutrition, Education, Economic Development and the provision
of relief materials during disaster. While the Foundation is determined to
reduce the number of lives lost to malnutrition and disease through access to
quality nutrition and healthcare with a particular emphasis on children, it is
also aggressively working towards the reduction of out-of-school children,
while supporting talented under-priviledged young people to achieving their
potentials as well as educating girls and women on health related issues.
He said the Foundation’s cardinal objectives include: Health and
Nutrition, education, economic empowerment and disaster relief.
The food distribution to the vulnerable and indigent during and
beyond the season of Ramadan is one of Alhaji Aliko Dangote’s philanthropic
activities directed towards helping the poor in the society.
“I will like to specifically thank the Social Welfare Secretariat
Team and FCT Emergency management Agency for the Day-to-Day logistic support
and planning on food distribution to the beneficiaries,” he said.
Some of the beneficiaries include: Abuja Children Home, Peoples
with Disabilities Traders Union, Para Soccer Team FCT, Poorest of the Poor, Old
Peoples Home and Abuja Parasutes Association, among others.
It would
be recalled that within a spate of five years, the total amount donated to
various camps of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), accross the country by
the Dangote Foundation has grown significantly to N6. 3billion
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