Dangote food intervention is making an impact in Nasarawa, Adamawa and others

Dangote food intervention is making an impact in Nasarawa, Adamawa and others

… Emir, beneficiaries say Dangote food intervention is making an impact in Nasarawa, others

The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has received an outpouring of accolades as it continued to distribute bags of rice to poor and vulnerable Nigerians in Nasarawa and Adamawa states.
Emir of Tunga in Nasarawa State, Alhaji Muhammad Ibrahim Shaibu, said: “The Aliko Dangote Foundation is not only a gift to Nasarawa State but to all Nigerians.”
The Emir said the ADF’s National Food Intervention Program is supporting the government to cushion the impact of economic hardship in the country.
The Foundation had recently donated a total of 30,000 10kg bags of rice to Nasarawa State.
The Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, Dr. Emmanuel Agbadu Akabe, had announced the donation, noting that each LGA of the state was allocated 2,000 bags, with the exception of Karu and Lafia, which were allocated 2,500 bags each.
The Deputy Governor commended Alhaji Aliko Dangote, describing him as the Father of Charity in Nigeria.
Beneficiaries of the rice program said the intervention would alleviate hardship in their families.
Following the national flag events in Kano and Lagos in March, the Foundation has commenced the distribution of one million bags of rice across all local government areas in Nigeria.
In her comments at the event, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the ADF, Zouera Youssoufou, said the Foundation also distributed 10,000 iftar meals during Ramadan in Kano Municipality.
She said that in addition to the daily bread assistance programme, the Foundation has been producing and distributing over 32,000 family loaves of bread every day in Kano and Lagos States since 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Foundation has spent about N15 billion on food intervention programs across Nigeria.
An executive member of the Tunga Development Association (TUDA), Muhammad Nasiru Tunga, said the Dangote Foundation food support was very impactful and supportive.
Another youth leader, Mr. Paul Adunia, JP, said the support will go a long way in relieving the burden on the host communities of the Nasarawa Sugar Company Limited.
Tunga District Head Ibrahim Galadima described Alhaji Aliko Dangote as a gift from God and prayed God to continue supporting him.
In the same vein, Adamawa State has received its share of one million 10kg rice, which is being distributed nationally by the Aliko Dangote Foundation.
Thirty-five thousand beneficiaries, many of them vulnerable and disadvantaged, have benefited from the support aimed at curbing hunger due to the current economic situation in the country.
Chief Operating Officer of the Dangote Sugar Refinery Numan, Adamawa State, Abdullahi Bello Dan Musa said the distribution has been successfully carried out across the zones and the exercise is almost completed while the distribution of the commodity was underway in Taraba State .
He disclosed that the Foundation was working with community leaders in Adamawa to ensure that the goods reach the intended beneficiaries.
It would be recalled that the Foundation had distributed thousands of bags of rice to beneficiaries and vulnerable Nigerians in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, with at least 48 charities and orphanages involved in the process.
About twenty states have been covered so far.

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