FCT Rejects Dangote’s Ramadan Gift For IDPs

According to report, food items which were offered in the spirit of Ramadan by the Dangote Foundation to the IDPs in Abuja have been rejected by the Federal Government. The foundation reportedly went to the minister’s office to deliver the multi-million Naira items such as sugar, salt, spaghetti, rice, Danvita, and wheat meal only for the gifts to be  rejected.

The foundation, as part of its mandate to give, especially in the holy month of Ramadan for the indigent and the vulnerable in the society has the tradition of donating money and food materials to the less privileged and victims of other disasters across the country.

Ramadan supplies are delivered to the 36 states, including FCT every year and state governors assign a contact person to receive the items which are delivered in trucks on behalf of the governor before distribution to the identified beneficiaries by the state government.

Some residents of the FCT expressed dismay at the action of highly-placed officials of the FCTA ministry and wondered how the plight of the IDPs would be addressed during Ramadan as the items were meant for them and no one else.

A Dangote Foundation source confirmed that as at the time of filing this report, about 31 states had already taken deliveries of their items and some have started the distribution. It was learnt that 106 trucks of food items are on their way to Maiduguri, the Borno State capital in fulfillment of Dangote’s promise to make this Ramadan fulfilling for the IDPs in the states.

The latest donation of food items was coming shortly after the foundation donated N2 billion for the rehabilitation of the IDPs in various camps in Borno State.

According to report, food items which were offered in the spirit of Ramadan by the Dangote Foundation to the IDPs in Abuja have been rejected by the Federal Government. The foundation reportedly went to the minister’s office to deliver the multi-million Naira items such as sugar, salt, spaghetti, rice, Danvita, and wheat meal only for the gifts to be  rejected.

The foundation, as part of its mandate to give, especially in the holy month of Ramadan for the indigent and the vulnerable in the society has the tradition of donating money and food materials to the less privileged and victims of other disasters across the country.

Ramadan supplies are delivered to the 36 states, including FCT every year and state governors assign a contact person to receive the items which are delivered in trucks on behalf of the governor before distribution to the identified beneficiaries by the state government.

Some residents of the FCT expressed dismay at the action of highly-placed officials of the FCTA ministry and wondered how the plight of the IDPs would be addressed during Ramadan as the items were meant for them and no one else.

A Dangote Foundation source confirmed that as at the time of filing this report, about 31 states had already taken deliveries of their items and some have started the distribution. It was learnt that 106 trucks of food items are on their way to Maiduguri, the Borno State capital in fulfillment of Dangote’s promise to make this Ramadan fulfilling for the IDPs in the states.

The latest donation of food items was coming shortly after the foundation donated N2 billion for the rehabilitation of the IDPs in various camps in Borno State.