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Published 16 June 2021
The Aliko Dangote Foundation has donated N4.2bn as part of its Micro Grant Programme geared towards empowering women in the rural areas across the country.
In a statement by the foundation, following the inauguration of its micro-grants Programme in Bauchi on Tuesday, the Group Executive Director, Government and Strategic Relations, Mansur Ahmed, said the unconditional micro grant was aimed at supporting the government effort’s in empowering poor families in the state.
Ahmed stated the Foundation had earmarked N10bn to be disbursed to vulnerable women across the 774 Local Government Areas in the country.