{"id":62487,"date":"2018-06-03T19:21:55","date_gmt":"2018-06-03T18:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=62487"},"modified":"2018-06-03T19:21:55","modified_gmt":"2018-06-03T18:21:55","slug":"dangote-to-launch-200-housing-units-for-idps-in-the-north-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dangote-to-launch-200-housing-units-for-idps-in-the-north-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Dangote to launch 200 housing units for IDPs in the North East"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">\u2026builds multi-million Naira hostel for ABU<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">In another rare gesture from a private sector operator to help government<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">in the rehabilitation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in parts of<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the insurgency ravaged areas in the North East, the Aliko Dangote<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Foundation has concluded preparation to commission a multi-billion naira<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">housing estate<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The commissioning of the 200 housing units for IDPs in Borno which has<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">been slated for later this month according to the CEO of Aliko Dangote<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Foundation, Zouera Youssoufou is coming even as the Foundation has also<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">completed the construction of a state-of-the-art hostel in Ahmadu Bello<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">University Zaria.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The 10 block of hostel has the capacity to accommodate 1,440 students<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">conveniently.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Mrs. Youssoufou who made the disclosure at an event in Maiduguri, Borno<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">state stated that the housing units is one of the many critical<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">interventions the Foundation had mapped out for execution in the North<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Eastern part of Nigeria to restore life to the area and help IDPs live a<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">normal life again.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State while reacting to this development<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">said Mr. Dangote is the single largest benefactor of the IDPs after the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Federal and state governments.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The Governor stated that Mr. Dangote\u2019s contribution does not only stop at<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">feeding and clothing the IDPs which he has been doing over the years, it<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">also stretches to resettling and rehabilitating them, a feat no other<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">private organization has been able to match.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Just recently the Aliko Dangote Foundation flagged off its 2018 Ramadan<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Food distribution in the state with the distribution of food items worth<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">N150 million to some 200 households from Dalori Community in the state.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The items include: Rice, Sugar, Salt, Spaghetti, Semolina, Wheat Meal,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Maize and Millet.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">On the 10 blocks of hostel constructed for the ABU, the Group Executive<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Director, Stakeholders Management and Corporate Communication of the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Dangote Group, Engr. Ahmed Mansur, said the Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Chairman of the Foundation was not resting on his oars, as he plans to up<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">his stakes in the act of philanthropy.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The Ahmadu Bello University is the biggest university in sub-saharan<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Africa, and topped the 2018 ranking of Nigerian universities.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Engr. Mansur said no date has yet been fixed for the commissioning of the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">newly built 10-blocks of hostel and that Group has and would<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">continue to contribute enormously to the educational sector in Nigeria.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">He quoted Mr. Dangote as saying that Dangote Group had spent well over N4<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">billion in building classrooms, scholarship programmes and upgrading<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">infrastructure across various University among others.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe have just recently commissioned the Dangote Business School in Kano,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the only Business School in Nigeria that is well equipped. We will also be<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">commissioning similar projects in University of Ibadan, we have done quite<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">a lot in the education system and we are looking to do more.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cInvesting in the young people to us means, we are all working together to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">build a better Nigeria. In equipping Nigeria youths and prepare them for<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the 21st century challenges, we established the Dangote Academy in Kogi<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">State, which provide specialized training and management skills for the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">youths particularly considering the large man power needed in the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">manufacturing industries,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026builds multi-million Naira hostel for ABU In another rare gesture from a private sector operator to help government in the rehabilitation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in parts of the&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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