The Aliko Dangote Foundation on Wednesday gave the Lagos State government 80,000 bags of rice of10 kilogrammes each to the vulnerable people across the state.
The donation a part of the foundation’s ongoing rollout of one million bags of 10kg rice is expected to bolster the state’s interventions aimed at ameliorating the impacts of persisting hardship on in the state.
The Chairman of Aliko Dangote Group and Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, was accompanied by his billionaire associate, Mr. Femi Otedola, and daughter, Ms. Fatimah Dangote.
Receiving the palliative the state, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said Dangote had always stood out as a unique breed of citizen enamoured with love and compassion for the downtrodden.
The donation of 80,000 units of 10kg bags of rice demonstrates the philosophy of the Foundation. This is extending empathy to those in need of little assistance in these difficult times, Sanwo-Olu was quoted as saying. Speaking further he said the direct intervention translates to compassion and goes beyond the pursuit of only profit and wealth.
Sanwo-Olu said the supplies would shore up the state-led interventions, noting that Lagos state would be distributing 100,000 combo boxes of food items to thousands of households free of charge.
Hear him: We have also secured 100,000 units of combo food packs for distribution to various segments of vulnerable communities in the State. We are finalising the logistics for the delivery. This is in addition to the weekly supply of discounted food items to various community markets.
Speaking, Dangote said: We recognise that the current circumstances where a significant number of Nigerians are experiencing hardship due to prevailing food prices inflation requires that we, the Dangote Foundation, provide succour for those affected. That is why we have reserved 200,000 metric tons of rice for distribution across 774 Local Government Areas in the country.
