The chairman of Dangote Group ,Alhaji Aliko Dangote has announced a donation to the tune of 250 million naira as relief assistance to victims of the devastating flood in Benue.
Alhaji Dangote, who is also the chairman of the National Committee on Flood Relief and Rehabilitation, said the donation was in response to a request for support by the Benue State Government.
He also said the committee had approved the release of one of its completed IDP Hostels in the state as a temporary shelter for some of the displaced people, reports PM News
The National Committee on Flood Relief and Rehabilitation was inaugurated by former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2012. The 34 man committee led by Alhaji Aliko Dangote was saddled with raising funds to support government’s efforts to provide adequate relief and post-impact rehabilitation to persons and communities affected by floods in the country.
Dangote said the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) had disclosed that more than 110,000 people in 24 communities, including Makurdi, were displaced by the recent flood in Benue.
He also stated that asides the donation to Benue, his committee had also donated N150 million to provide relief assistance to flood victims in Anambra.
Dangote, in a statement by Mr. Sunday Esan of the Corporate Communication Department of Dangote Group, said that the committee had also released N118 million to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).
According to him, this was to augment the N1.6 billion released by the Federal Government for procurement of food and non-food relief materials in aid of flood victims in 16 states which are Abia, Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Abuja FCT, Kebbi, Kwara, Lagos, Niger, Ondo, Oyo, Plateau and Sokoto.
Alhaji Aliko Dangote said that the rationale behind the projects was to assist the benefiting states to better handle future emergencies, including floods.
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