The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says it has received four ambulances from the Aliko Dangote Foundation to support the COVID-19 pandemic response activities in Lagos State.
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The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, disclosed the outcome of the test via his Twitter handle
The President in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Femi Adesina, recalled that the organization had in the past donated N1 billion to tackle the Ebola Virus Disease in Africa
Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the Chairman of the foundation, said on Thursday while flagging-off the scheme in Batagarawa that 1,000 vulnerable women were selected from each of the 34 local government areas of the state.
As Nigeria eagerly awaits her certification as polio free by the World Health Organisation, the Aliko Dangote Foundation has boosted the nation’s efforts to finally end a scourge, which had affected thousands of children across the country.
Heads of Governments across Africa have expressed support for a new health platform tagged: “African Business Coalition for Health (ABC Health),” a joint initiative of the Aliko Dangote Foundation, GBCHealth and United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, which was launched on Monday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The farmers-herders clash and sporadic attacks by cattle rustlers have displaced thousands, many of whom are currently seeking refuge at Maradun Local Government Area of the State.
The commissioning of the 200 housing units for IDPs in Borno State, which has been slated for later this month, according to the CEO of Aliko Dangote Foundation, Zouera Youssoufou, is coming as the Foundation has also completed the construction of a state-of-the-art hostel in Ahmadu Bello University Zaria.
The donation, the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, said, was the single largest donation ever by a private sector operator to the Police.
Alhaji Aliko Dangote, chairman of the foundation, while flagging-off the disbursement in Lafia, said the scheme was one of the components of the economic empowerment programme of the foundation.
The Chairman of the Aliko Dangote Foundation, Aliko Dangote, said on Friday at the flag-off ceremony held at the Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi International Conference Centre, Minna, the Niger State capital, that his Foundation had earmarked N10 billion for the empowerment of vulnerable women in the 774 Local Governments in the country.
The building, which will be handed over to the university management formally next month, is a state of the art edifice and will effectively mark the commencement of study of business in the institution and the first in the Northern part of Nigeria
The business mogul is also constructing same type of project in the Bayero University Kano and will be ready for hand over to the university management anytime from now.
Zouera Youssoufou, the Managing Director and CEO of the Aliko Dangote Foundation, made the pledge at the recently concluded Global Nutrition Summit in Milan, Italy, which was also attended by Aliko Dangote himself
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.