Aliko Dangote Foundation Partners Kwara State to Distribute 25,000 Bags of Rice to Disadvantaged Households

Date: 2025-03-26

The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) in partnership with the Kwara State Government launched the distribution of 25,000 bags of 10kg rice to indigent families in Kwara State on Tuesday.

The initiative forms part of a nationwide ADF campaign to distribute one million bags of rice across Nigeria's 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, as a philanthropic effort spearheaded by the foundation's founder, Alhaji Aliyu Aliko Dangote.

Speaking at the flag-off ceremony held at the Kwara State Ministry of Agriculture in Ilorin, Alhaji Ahmed Gobir, ADF's Team Lead and General Manager, Human Resources at Dangote Cement, stated that while the foundation previously collaborated with NGOs for such distributions, this year's effort involves state governments to ensure efficient and targeted outreach.

The rice will be distributed across all 16 local government areas of Kwara State, prioritising vulnerable households to alleviate food insecurity. The partnership underscores ADF's commitment to addressing socio-economic challenges through strategic collaborations with state institutions.

Gobir praised the Kwara state governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq, for his administration's investment in infrastructure development across the state and expressed hope that the rice palliatives will also compliment the government efforts in making live better for the less privileged.

Governor AbdulRasaq who was represented at the event by his deputy , Mr Kayode Alabi, hailed the ADF for what he described as an “acts of compassion” which he said ,will compliment his administration's commitment to addressing poverty and uplifting vulnerable groups in the society from hardship.

“This rice which will be distributed to indigent families across Kwara state comes at a most crucial time as our Muslim brothers and sisters are observing the scared month of Ramadan. Our Christian brothers and sisters are in the same faith for Lent,” he said.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Igosun     Isiaka Danmeromu     Al-Adaby     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     Kamaldeen Gambari     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Kayode Issa     Eghe Igbinehi     Ishola Abdullahi     IsDB     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Danhawa     Sulyman Buhari     Falokun-Oja     Lithium     Jimoh Bashir     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Razak Atunwa     SGBN     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Alao Ayotunde     Unicontinental Construction Company     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Ilota     Abubakar Usman Jos     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Omu Aran     Dunmade     Tuesday Assayomo     Millennium Development Goals     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Mohammed Yisa     Abubakar Aliagan     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Akeem Olatunji     Kwara Central     NULGE     Yusuf Mubarak     Col. Adedipe     BIR     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Bank Of Industry     Hajj     Yunus Oniboki     Lai Mohammed     Bamidele Adegoke     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Sango-UITH Road     Rebecca Bake     Ajuloopin     Share/Tsaragi     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Sanitation Exercise     Monthly Sanitation     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Ilorin Like-Minds     Oniyangi     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Jelili Yusuf     Ramat Oganija     Ahmad Belgore     Playing Host     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Abdulquawiy Olododo     Suleman Abubakar     Bashiru Makama     Bamikole Omishore     KWASSIP     Kale Kawu     Mahe Abdulkadir     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Oloyede     Kwara-SAPZ Project     QuickWin    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Olam Food Ingredients     Yusuf Abubakar     Forgo Battery Company Limited     NNPP     Jumoke F. Ajao     Yekeen Alabi     Salami Adekunle     John Obuh     Segun Olawoyin     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Saliu Ajia     Share     Gamji Members Association     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Joseph Daudu     Raimi Iyanda     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Charcoal     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Kulende-UITH     African Democratic Congress     TETFUND     Salary     Kwara Hotel     Atiku Abubakar     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     Just Law Forum     Face Masks     Tunde Yusuf     John Olobayo     Ike Ekweremadu     High Court     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Ejidongari     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Kayode Ishola     Olabimpe Olani     Bilikisu Oniyangi     Ilorin Amusement Park     Manzuma     Iliasu     Gobirawa     Sheriff Olanrewaju     ITP     Femi Gbajabiamila     Kulende     Afonja Descendants Union     Kemi Adeosun     Doyin Agbamu     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Kwara State Polytechnic     07039448763     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Bilikisu Gambari     Femtech     SWAN     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Ramat Oganija     Ayobami Seriki     Fareedah Dankaka     John Mayokun Dada     Temi Kolawole     Gbemisola Saraki     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Kehinde Boyede     Rachael Obisesan     Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim     Ibrahim Oniye     Ahmed \'Lateef     Omu Aran