Aliko Dangote Foundation, in yet another philanthropic gesture, Monday launched the Dangote Village built for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.<\/p>\n
The Dangote Village in Maiduguri is a self-sufficient set of 200 housing units worth N2 billion, with facilities including, school, hospital and irrigation as well as poultry farms, among others, to enable the occupants eke living.<\/p>\n
The foundation also gave each of the beneficiaries N100, 000 to start a new life.<\/p>\n
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, the Chairman of the Aliko Dangote Foundation, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, said about N7 billion had been donated to support displaced persons affected by the Boko Haram crisis in the North-east.<\/p>\n
Aside the N100, 000 to start a new life, Dangote also pledged that the Foundation would take care of teachers\u2019 emolument for five years as well as share in the burden of the ongoing educational revolution launched by the governor.<\/p>\n
Dangote commended the governor, saying he had been able to run the state efficiently and pay salaries despite the security challenges.<\/p>\n
A visibly elated Governor Kashim Shettima said the intervention was unprecedented and gargantuan by a single company, describing the Aliko Dangote Foundation as the fourth arm of government in the state. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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