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Business mogul and founder of the Dangote brands, Aliko Dangote has donated N200 million to victims of flood in Nigeria’s Kogi state.
The donation includes: N50 million worth of food items and N150 million cash, a total of $1,250,000.
The donation is only a part of the assistance Dangote planned to offer the people of the state. In addition, he has plans on empowering about 1,000 women in each of the 21 local councils in the state, for which he has set aside another N230 million. Each woman, will collect a grant of N10,000, about $65 to start petty trading.
Dangote said he plans to empower 21,000 women in Kogi by giving them N10, 000 each to enable them start up businesses.
He said the beneficiaries should be selected on the basis of 1, 000 women per local government, saying he has set aside N230 million for the scheme expected to take off in the next one month.
The donation includes: N50 million worth of food items and N150 million cash, a total of $1,250,000.
The donation is only a part of the assistance Dangote planned to offer the people of the state. In addition, he has plans on empowering about 1,000 women in each of the 21 local councils in the state, for which he has set aside another N230 million. Each woman, will collect a grant of N10,000, about $65 to start petty trading.
He said the beneficiaries should be selected on the basis of 1, 000 women per local government, saying he has set aside N230 million for the scheme expected to take off in the next one month.
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