The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has continued its empowerment projects across the continent of Africa with an additional empowerment of 106,000 women across four states in Northern Nigeria with the sum of N1.1 billion. This present gesture is in continuation of the Foundation’s micro-grant programme aimed at poverty amelioration through economic empowerment of women.
women in Sokoto State, 34,000 women in Katsina State, 21,000 women in Kebbi State and 28,000 women in Zamfara State, all in northern Nigeria.
Since the programme was launched in 2011 starting with Kano State, the home state of Aligo Dangote, it has gulped about N10 Billion with a special emphasis on indigenous and vulnerable women. According to sources at the Foundation, efforts are being made to extend the programme to cover 774 Local Government areas in Nigeria. So far, 334,500 women and youths from Kano, Jigawa, Kogi, Adamawa, Borno, Yobe, Lagos, Nasarawa and Niger States have benefitted from the programme.
The scheme also provides recipients with a one-time, un-conditional N10,000.00 cash grant to meet immediate household consumption and economic needs.
As way as doable, participants also receive training tailored to bolster their income-generating activities which are critical for the welfare of millions of Nigerians.
Selection is predicated on communities with primary thought for vulnerable girls, food distressed households with infant or children under-five year old, disabled, divorcee, widow with multiple dependents, extremely poor residents in these communities.
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The programme is enforced in partnership with states governments to enrich their economic authorization and impoverishment reduction drive across the country.
From 2016, the Foundation automated the beneficiary enrollment and payment processes.
Also, additionally to the money grants, beneficiaries were also given mobile phones and SIM cards by the Foundation.
In the last 2 states, the theme was enforced, the Foundation partnered with a number one depository financial institution to open bank accounts and supply ATM card for every beneficiary.
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