Africa’s richest person and the continent’s top donor, Aliko Dangote, has doled out about N30billion in humanitarian gesture within two years, a statement issued by the Dangote Group has revealed.
According to the statement, the business mogul would be upping his philanthropic works across Africa, starting from his home country Nigeria.
The group which has made whopping donations across Africa said, “Africa must begin to take responsibilities by shaping the condition of its people.” 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.
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, 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.
“We have also donated N15million to the community’s development foundation, and we are helping through the community empowerment scheme, while our 100-bed hospital has been approved for construction within the community,” it added.
It said that, two years ago, the foundation made a staggering donation of N2.5billion to cushion the effect of flooding in Nigeria, the single highest donation by a private body in the history of Nigeria. The Foundation also donated N430million to flood victims, unemployed youths and women in Kogi State in the same year.
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