The Governor of Kano State, Dr. Umar Ganduje, who was speaking at Dangote Special Day of the Kano State International Trade Fair on Monday, said Nigeria is lucky to be blessed with someone like Dangote, who has made Nigeria and indeed Africa proud in different ways.
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The highest donation came from the Chairman, Dangote Group of Companies, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, who donated N10 million.
Speaking at the hand over ceremony in Abuja on Tuesday, the National Ameera of FOMWAN, Hajiya Amina B. Omoti, said now that the mosque has been officially handed over to FOMWAN, it will be commissioned and opened for Jumaat prayers in January next year.
Governor Ahmed beat Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Governors Willie Obiano of Anambra State and Akinwumi Ambode of Lagos State to emerge winner in the category at the 9th edition of the annual award and lecture series.
Dangote’s donation, which came through the Aliko Dangote Foundation, was in response to the appeal by the Kano State Government for contributions from public spirited individuals and corporate organizations to help the fire victims come back to business.
The three-day summit, with the theme: “Envisioning the Future,” will explore opportunities for local and foreign direct investments in Edo State by highlighting the state’s competitive advantage across various sectors.
Specifically, the Vice-President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo; former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo; former President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki; and President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, who are co-chair of the AfricanChampion Club, urged top entrepreneurs in the continent to focus on job creation for their teeming unemployed youths as a way to ensure economic prosperity and poverty reduction in the continent.
Speaking during an extraordinary candid public conversation at the Financial Times 4th Annual Africa Summit at Claridges in London, moderated by the Editor-in-Chief of Times, Lionel Barber, Dangote said the strategy has worked and is working and would urged other African nations to do same to reduce the Continent’s import.
The company has also set up hotlines for the public to report such truck drivers, with a promise to appropriately compensate calls that lead to arrest of errant drivers.
The Chairman of the group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, said this at a three-day National Conference on Transformation of Nigerian Livestock Industry in Abuja.
On completion, according to the President of the Group, Aliko Dangote, the project will generate over 15,000 jobs in the State and bring about a complete economic turn-around for the state
Dangote, who headed the appeal fund committee for the victims, said the gesture was to ameliorate the suffering of those affected by the disaster.
Dangote described the late Obaseki as a great leader and a legal icon, who gave his all to the legal profession and appreciated God for the life he lived.
Dangote, who made this known during the 2017 Niger State Investment Summit in Minna, said the funds would be used in establishing a large scale rice processing mill to process over 200, 000 metric tonnes of paddy rice.
The formal agreement for the project, which is to be sited at Zakirai in Gabasawa Local Government area of the state, took place Thursday in the office of Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Usman Alhaji.
The Group Managing Director, Sugar, Dangote Group, Abdullahi Sule, made the announcement at a joint briefing with representatives of the company’s host community at Gyawana in Lamurde Local Government Area of Adamawa State.
The book, authored by Haruna Yahaya Poloma, would be launched by Alhaji Aminu Dantata, who will be supported by co-launchers that include Alhaji Aliko Dangote, President Dangote Group; and Alhaji Muhammadu Indimi, the President, Oriental Energy Resources Limited.
Dangote told shareholders at the company’s 11th Annual General Meeting for 2016 financial year in Lagos that the money would be invested in the next four to six years
Dangote stated this at the bell ringing ceremony on the NSE in Lagos as part of activities to mark his 60th birthday
Speaking at a two-day Power Sector Stakeholders Interactive Dialogue convened by the National Assembly in Abuja, Makoju, who was Special Adviser to three Presidents of Nigeria on Power, canvassed for fundamental structural change as against the current path of tariff increases and government bailouts