Dangote Shares 50,000 Bags Of Rice To Needy Persons In FCT, Kogi
……FCT Minister, Kogi Gov applaud ADF
The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has extended its N16 billion Annual National Food Intervention programme to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and the Kogi State, where 50,000 poor families and other vulnerable persons benefited.
The 2025 Annual National Food Intervention programme launched by the foundation in March, is to benefit one million poor Nigerians across the 774 local government areas of the county.
In Abuja, Senior Special Adviser to the President of Dangote Group, Hajiya Fatima Wali Abdurrahman, said 10,000 bags of 10kg rice were donated for onward distribution to the poor and the vulnerable persons.
She said the intervention is aimed at supporting governments at all level to cushion the effects of the current economic challenges in the country.
According to her, the foundation initiated the nationwide food intervention programme in 2024 when it donated foodstuffs worth N15 billion to all the 774 Local Government Areas in the country.
Hajiya Fatima said Chairman of the foundation, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, is very passionate about given back to the society, especially to the needy.
Speaking at the flag off ceremony, Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, represented by Ango Abdullahi Suleiman, appreciated the gesture and hailed Mr. Dangote’s enormous contribution to the economic development of Nigeria.
He pledged to ensure that the food items reach the intended target.
In Kogi State, the ADF handed over 40,000 bags of 10kg rice to the Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Hajia Rabietu Okute.
She said the consignment was distributed on March 26, 2025 to the poor and vulnerable persons in the state based on the directive of Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo.
“We shared the 40,000 bags of rice through the 21 Local Government Areas. The LGAs also shared the product to the 239 wards.”
“Before this, a committee of 12 persons per Local Government was set up, and the State Government moblized the committees. The products were distributed to vulnerable groups like the union of disabilities and the 23 orphanages in the state,” she said.
The commissioner applauded the Aliko Dangote Foundation for the intervention, which she described as a genuine act of compassion and philantrophy.
She added: “On behalf of the people and government of Kogi State, we want to thank the Aliko Dangote Foundation, and specifically Alhaji Aliko Dangote himself for this food support. We are grateful and happy, and it means a lot to us. May God continue to support him and his businesses.”
Responding, General Manager Community Affairs and Special Duties, Dangote Cement Plc, Mr. Ademola Adeyemi, who supervised the distribution on behalf of ADF, said the food donation to Kogi will further boost the relationship between the company and the state.
Also, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the foundation, Zouera Youssoufou, said that the annual nationwide food support programme is a way of giving back to the society and supporting governments in the fight against poverty and hunger in Nigeria.
The managing director said Mr. Dangote is passionate about reducing hunger in the country through various philanthropic interventions.
