The President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has made
the single largest donation by an individual of N2 billion to persons who have
been displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency in Borno State.
Dangote, who made the pledge while touring internally
displaced persons (IDPs) camps in Dalori and Bakassi in Maiduguri, the Borno
State capital, equally made a commitment to end malnutrition, hunger and
starvation in the camps and other parts of the country.
He said the first tranche of N2 billion would be
immediately disbursed towards ending what has become a major humanitarian
crisis in the country.Dangote said apart from the funds and food items that
will be donated by his company through the Dangote Foundation, he would explore
avenues to drive investments and production in the state in order to promote
entrepreneurship and create opportunities for the people to work and earn a
decent living in the course of time.
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