By Favour Aliyu
Dangote Industries Limited has been described as the most supportive company.
Presenting an award to the company at the weekend, the chairman Committee on Trade Fair of the Kano State Chamber of Commerce Industry Mines and Agriculture (KACCIMA) Alhaji Uba Tanko Mijinyawa said the company has been consistent and supportive in its philanthropic activities.
He said the nature of the support given by the company cannot be quantified, adding that the award was well deserved.
The Dangote Group is the major sponsor of the just-concluded 42nd Kano International Trade Fair.
Earlier, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, Emir of Kano Alhaji Ado Bayero and the Ugandan High Commissioner to Nigeria Ambassador Nelson Ocheger had hailed the company’s President Aliko Dangote for his industrialization drive on the African continent.
The Director-General of KACCIMA had spoken glowingly of the company, adding “We appreciate his (Dangote) efforts and support to the socio-economic growth of the African continent.”
He added that eight countries participated in this year’s Trade Fair. They are India, Pakistan, South Africa, Singapore, Senegal, Egypt, Mali, and Cameroon.
A representative of the company at the Trade Fair, Alhaji Abdulsalam Waya, said the company has recorded giant strides in the area of Corporate Social Responsibility.
According to Mr. Waya, some of the philanthropic works it has carried out in Kano State include a state-of-the-art Surgical and Diagnostic Centre within the premises of Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital, Kano, among other key projects.
