Host Communities Laud Dangote on Corporate Social Responsibility

Ibrahim Oyewale in Lokoja

 The President of the Dangote Groups, Aliko Dangote, has been commended by communities that host the Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) in Nigeria.

Dangote, who is the continent’s wealthiest person, had earlier endowed his Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) with the sum of $1.25billion, with his businesses donating several billions of naira for numerous Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) schemes across Africa.

This was contained in a statement issued by the Branding and Communications Department of the company, stating that several billions of naira has been donated by Dangote to support health, education and environment in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation.

Meanwhile, host communities in the northern states of Kogi, Benue, Nasarawa and Adamawa have hailed DIL for what they described as significant interventions in their communities.

A catalogue of the CSR schemes in the coal mining communities of Benue State shows that at the Effeche Akpali community, the company had completed several projects as contained in the Community Development Agreement (CDA).

The CDA signed by the company and host communities had helped accelerated the provision of infrastructural development around the host communities, the statement added.

The penultimate week, the Dangote Coal Mines donated multimillion naira in health and educational facilities to the coal mining communities of Ankpa Local Government Area of Kogi State.

The newly unveiled facilities are located in the host communities of Awo Akpali and Awo Ojuwo in Ankpa Local Government Area.

The General Manager, Special Duties, Dangote Mines Limited, Nuhu Elujah, said the projects are contained in the mutually consented Community Development Agreement (CDA).

Reacting, the Chairman of Ankpa Local Government Area, Alhaji Ibrahim Abagwu, thanked the company for the gesture.

Also, the representative of the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, Samuel Olaetan, commended the management of the company for fulfilling its promises.

He advised the host communities to continue to support the company in the discharge of its CSR schemes.

 Meanwhile, the President and Chief Executive of the DIL, Dangote, had announced that the company was doubling its scholarship and empowerment schemes in its host communities.

 Dangote stated this at the flag-off ceremony of the 2022/2023 Crushing Season and Outgrower Scheme Awards in Numan, Adamawa State.