Dangote gifts N100,000 to each of Sudan returnees

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Lagos, May 6, 2023 -The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) is giving N100,000 (One hundred thousand naira) and Dignity Packs to each of the Nigerian returnees from Sudan.   

The Foundation started giving out the money and the Dignity Packs to the evacuees on arrival at the airport in Abuja on Thursday.    

Maryam Buhari-Shehu, a representative of the Dangote Foundation, said the Foundation resolved to be fully involved in the evacuation and resettling of thousands of Nigerians that were stranded in Sudan.  

Shehu said a total of 362 returnees including children were registered by the ADF for the exercise on the first day, adding that 350 had received the support.

She said the intervention was in collaboration with the federal government through the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), and Air Peace to provide succour to the returnees.   (GBN)

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