The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has continued to receive torrents of accolades as it continued to distribute bags of rice to poor and vulnerable Nigerians in Nasarawa and Adamawa States.
Emir of Tunga in Nasarawa State, Alhaji Muhammad Ibrahim Shaibu, said : “The Aliko Dangote Foundation is not only a gift to Nasarawa State, but to all Nigerians.”
The Emir said the ADF’s National Food Intervention Programme is supporting the government to cushion the impact of economic hardship being experienced in the country.
The Foundation had recently donated a total of 30,000 bags of 10kg rice to Nasarawa State.
The Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, Dr. Emmanuel Agbadu Akabe, had announced the donation, noting that each LGAs of the State were allocated 2,000 bags apart from Karu and Lafia who were allocated 2,500 bags each.
