ALIKO DANGOTE EMPOWERS 20,000 BAUCHI WOMEN

Aliko Dangote GCON is a Nigerian billionaire business magnate. He is the wealthiest person in Africa, with an estimated net worth of US$11.1 billion as of May 2021.The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has disbursed a whooping N4.3billion as part of its unconditional Micro Grant Programme for empowering women in the rural areas across the country.

Speaking at the flag-off of its one-off unconditional Micro-grants Programme yesterday in Bauchi, chairman of the Aliko Dangote Foundation empowered twenty thousand vulnerable women across the 20 local government areas of the state.

Dangote who was represented by the company’s group executive director government and strategic relations, Mansur Ahmed said so far over four hundred thousand poor women have benefited from the programme in the country.

He said in Bauchi State, N200million is currently being disbursed to vulnerable women across the 20 local government areas.