The Aliko Dangote Foundation has unveiled the 2025 Annual National Food Intervention Project valued at N16 billion to benefit one million Nigerians nationwide. Chairman of the Aliko Dangote Foundation, Aliko Dangote, made the disclosure during the inaugural ceremony on Thursday in Kano.
Represented by his daughter, Marya Aliko-Dangote, he said the annual initiative, which embodies compassion, solidarity, and shared responsibility, is part of the foundation’s response to the current economic challenges facing the nation.
“The distribution of one million bags of 10kg rice to the poor and most vulnerable Nigerians across the 774 Local Councils is in line with core values of the foundation.
“We are collaborating with states to ensure the food reaches the most vulnerable individuals in each state. Our foundation focuses on improving living conditions of Nigerians through support projects that tackle hunger and water supply problems. We are also strengthening the quality and scope of health and education, as well as promoting economic empowerment at the community level,” he said.
Dangote urged other industrialists and firms to lend a helping hand in combating hunger through programmes and initiatives that would place food on the tables of vulnerable Nigerians.
According to Dangote, there’s a need to complement government efforts in fighting hunger and poverty through a public-private partnership.“I commend the government at all levels for efforts in addressing the food crisis.