President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote’s foundation, the Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has built a N2billion housing estate for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Maiduguri, Borno State. This is coming barley 16-days after the foundation donated 150 patrol cars to the Nigerian police.

The estate termed, ‘The Dangote Village’ is a self-contained set of 200 housing units with school, hospital, farms and others to enable the residents earn a living. The richest man in Africa also gave the sum of N100,000 each to beneficiaries to start a new life.

Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Chairman, Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) disclosed that; “About N7 billion has been donated to support displaced persons affected by the Boko Haram crisis in the Northeast. Besides the N100,000 to start a new life, the  Foundation will take care of teachers’ emolument for five years and as well share in the burden of the ongoing educational revolution launched by the Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima. I thank the governor for ably running the state efficiently and paying salaries despite the security challenges.”

Also, Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State said that; “In every clime and in every dispensation, there are three layers of governments: the executive, the legislature and the judiciary. I dare to add that the fourth layer in Borno State is the Aliko Dangote Foundation. For the past seven years, the Dangote foundation has been consistent and hearkening to the yearnings and aspirations of people of the state.”

“The Dangote Village provided by the foundation, though very massive, it is a small noticeable part compared to what the foundation had done to support humanitarian relief in the troubled region.”

“When Aliko Dangote came in 2016, he quickly pledged N2 billion. We requested that half of the money should be used to supply building materials, and lo and behold, within the span of two weeks, all the materials were ready. It is the support from the foundation that enabled most of the displaced and malnourished victims of Boko Haram insurgency to survive.”

“It is crucial to acknowledge Dangote’s generosity. As far I am concerned, Dangote is the world’s biggest philanthropist. We call it Dangote village because it is a self-sustaining community with their own schools, clinics, mosques and livelihood.”