The Aliko Dangote Foundation has begun distributing bags of 10 kg rice to 10,000 vulnerable people in Anambra State, as part of its national food intervention programme.
The Aliko Dangote Foundation is
distributing one million 10kg bags of rice to vulnerable Nigerians across the
36 states. The foundation partners credible non-governmental organisations
(NGOs) in various states for verifiable distribution.
Justice Development and Peace
Caritas(JDPC), an NGO established by the Awka Catholic Diocese is handling the
distribution in Anambra State.
Speaking to journalists,
executive director of JDPC, Awka Diocese, Reverend Father Levi Uko said, Aliko
Dangote Foundation chose JDPC for the distribution after a screening exercise,
saying, “we are into the distribution of rice for Aliko Dangote Foundation.
“What we are delivering in all
the 21 local government areas of Anambra State is 10,000 bags of ten kilograms
rice. We have been able to get to many local governments, including Orumba
North and South, Dunukofia, Aguata and many more. We still have some more local
government to deliver.”
“Our distribution process is
that we use presidents general of town unions. Each community will get fifty
bags of 10 kg rice, and because it is meant for indigent people, we have
devised a means to ensure that the rice gets to the right people. What we do is
that we request that while handing the bags over to indigent people, they take
photographs and videos and send them to us, which we also post on our platform
to confirm that it got to the intended people,” he added.
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