Dangote group to increase CSR in host communities – Official

Sept. 21, 2021

The Dangote Group has pledged to scale-up its public social responsibility to better the life of Nigerians.

The group in a statement by its Corporate Affairs Manager, Mr. Francis Awowole, said Dangote made the promise in a policy plan known while hosting some visiting investors in his office in Lagos.

According to the statement, the Chairman of the group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote said that the measure has become essential to carry its host communities along in the organisation’s expanding philosophy.

He told the visitors that the group was scaling-up its social intervention in communities hosting its companies across the country.

According to him, efforts are being made to impact positively on the host communities, saying his companies are expended billions of Naira in states where these investments are located.

“The corporate social responsibility projects undertaken by the companies is in addition to efforts by Aliko Dangote Foundation, which is presently giving out micro grants to vulnerable women in all the 774 local governments across the country.