Dangote Group has been adjudged the best Company in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Lagos by the public relation professionals, for its intervention efforts to help the vulnerable at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The selection panel also announced that PR experts in the Lagos State Council of Nigeria Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) voted the Dangote Group as the ‘Best Company in Infrastructure Development’ in recognition of its work in building roads that endure.
At the 5th Lagos PR Industry Gala and Award (LaPRIGA), Dangote Group beat GTBank Plc, Access Bank Plc, Nigerian Breweries Plc, Nigeria LNG and Zenith Bank to emerge the winner.
Dangote Group through its Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had led private sector operators to mobilise over N43 billion to help the Federal and state governments to cushion the effect of COVID-19 by building isolation centres, providing testing kits and other medical supplies.
ADF also provided thermal scanners at the airports and helped the government test returning Nigerians, in addition to providing palliatives to the people till date.
The company also constructed a concrete road in the Apapa axis as CSR while it built the over 40 kilometre Kabba-Lokoja road in Kogi state.
The Selection Panel Chairman, Muyiwa Akintunde, said his team relied on available data and credible sources to select the nominees that were later voted for by members of the council.
The Lagos NIPR Chairman, Mr. Segun Mcmedal, said the nominations were based on metrics that include company profile, quality of work and its impact and feedback from stakeholders.
