Aliko Dangote, billionaire businessman has joined the league of people who have decided to ease the hardship that Nigerians are currently going through. In line with his practice during the month of Ramadan, he launched the distribution of rice to the people. Dangote, Africans richest man, will distribute one million bags of rice to vulnerable Nigerians throughout the country. He will do that through his foundation, known as Aliko Dangote Foundation.
According to a statement released by Samira Sanusi, an official of the foundation in Kano and made available to journalists in Dutse, Jigawa State, the Foundation said it will give out the one million bags of rice, worth over N13 billion, across the 36 states of the federation and Abuja to alleviate hunger in the country. The Foundation will also be offering Iftar, break of fast to more than 10,000 fasting Muslims in Kano state, his state of origin. The exercise is to ease hardship for millions of Nigerians amidst economic challenges in the country.
This is in addition to the distribution of 20,000 loafs of bread daily to Kano residents and 15,000 daily to Lagos residents, a feeding gesture that started and has been sustained since 2020 during the COVID-19 lockdown.
The Ramadan free cooked meal includes jollof rice, white rice and stew, jollof spaghetti, yam, beans with chicken and beef, packed with a bottle of water and drink for each person
The packed meals are distributed at Jumaat mosques, streets, prisons, orphanages, remand home, and other places in Kano city and its environs, she said
