The breakdown seen by this reporter shows that aside
government, the Dangote Group is the second largest contributor to education in
Nigeria. It is also the country’s largest private sector employer.
A document seen by newsmen shows that about one thousand
engineering graduates have been admitted into the Academy, and subsequently
employed into the various subsidiaries of the Dangote Group.
The free training programmes in the Dangote Academy located
in Kogi State are: Graduate Engineer Training Scheme, Junior Technician
Training Scheme and Vocational Training Scheme.
The conglomerate has provided a plethora of infrastructural
support to the country’s tertiary institutions, one of which is the
construction of N1.2billion for the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria.
The company had also donated a N1.2billion Business School
for the Bayero University Kano.
According to the document seen, the company also constructed
N500million worth of dormitories and power supply facilities for the University
of Science and Technology, Wudil, Kano State.
The company also built a N300million Aliko Dangote Business
Complex for the University of Ibadan Business School.
The document revealed that the company donated N50million to
Ogun State based Crescent University, as part of its contribution to support
the school in providing infrastructural facilities.
In the same vein, the company also donated N120million for
the construction of school blocks at Nawair-ud-deen Comprehensive College,
Idi-Oro, Mushin, Lagos.
Earlier, the company had donated N200 million to Katsina
State University.
The Group also gave N118 million for a squash complex
project at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka main campus and another N50
million to the University of Port Harcourt.
It would be recalled that the President of the Dangote Group
Aliko Dangote was in 2018 named sixth most charitable person in the world by a
UK-based Richtopia Group.
Mr. Dangote had said he was prioritizing his philanthropic
works which include education health and empowerment, among others.
President Muhammadu Buhari, like his predecessor, Goodluck
Jonathan, had hailed the large heartedness of Africa’s wealthiest person,
noting that it is one thing to be blessed, and another to use it for God and
humanity.
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