Dangote Granite Mines disburses Scholarships to College students in Ijebu-Igbo Host Communities

…Expresses dedication to Selling Schooling In Nigeria

L- R: Olusoga Anjola, Scholar of Ijebu- Igbo Women Grammar faculty, One of many Beneficiaries, receiving her Scholarship Cheque; Pastor  Joseph Alabi, Common Supervisor Group Relations, Dangote Granite Mines Ijebu – Igbo; HRH Oba (Dr.) Mufutau Adesesan Yusuf, Sopenlukale of Oke – Sopen, Ijebu- Igbo; Chief Sunmola Lawal, Baale of Ademowo and Chief Sikiru Kareem, Baale of Idiomo, on the Presentation of Dangote Granite Mines Annual Colleges Scholarship Award to the Host Communities in Ijebu – Igbo, Ogun state on the weekend.

As a part of its social funding programme geared toward selling instructional growth in its host communities, Dangote Granite Mines Restricted has awarded multi-million naira scholarships to secondary faculty and tertiary establishment college students from Ijebu-Igbo in Ijebu-North native authorities space of Ogun State over the weekend.

The corporate acknowledged that the scholarship initiative underscores its dedication to empowering native communities by schooling and contributing to their total growth.

Describing the programme as a key element of its Company Social Accountability and Sustainability (CSR) actions, the Firm’s Common Supervisor of Group Relations, Mr. Joseph Alabi, famous that the scholarship award is an annual occasion designed to reinforce instructional alternatives for the group and align with broader instructional targets within the state and Nigeria.

In the course of the scholarship presentation, attended by conventional rulers and authorities officers in Ijebu-Igbo, Mr. Alabi famous that the corporate has persistently supported the Nigerian instructional sector by establishing scholarship programmes in all of the communities the place it operates.

He emphasised that the scholarship displays the corporate’s dedication to supporting Nigerian youths by schooling, underscoring its dedication to instructional interventions for college students from host communities impacted by its operations.

“By supporting these college students, we’re investing of their future and the way forward for Nigeria. That’s the reason we’re right here at the moment to award scholarships to 40 tertiary college students and 20 secondary faculty college students,” he acknowledged.

Mr. Alabi famous that the Dangote Group is famend for its group growth initiatives, crediting the supportive relationship with host communities for the corporate’s ongoing efforts. “The host communities have inspired us to proceed our work, offering a conducive working setting and fostering productive partnerships,” he added.

He remarked on the success of the programme, stating, “This initiative has helped college students, particularly these whose dad and mom wrestle to afford schooling, pursue their tutorial ambitions with larger ease. Beneficiaries will benefit from the scholarships till they graduate.”

Whereas congratulating the recipients, Alabi urged them to stay devoted to their research, try for excellence, and all the time give their finest. “Your achievements are a testomony to your dedication, perseverance, and dedication to excellence, and we’re honoured to have a good time your success with you at the moment,” he stated.

In his remarks, Oba (Dr.) Mufutau Adesesan Yusuf, the Sopenlukale of Oke Sopen, counseled Dangote Group Chairman Alhaji Aliko Dangote for the assorted initiatives benefiting the group. He expressed satisfaction with the continuing scholarship awards over the previous 5 years and inspired different industrialists to observe Dangote’s instance for the expansion of the nation.

The Oba urged dad and mom to make the most of the funds for his or her meant function, emphasizing that this could encourage the group to proceed its assist for the group.

In response, some beneficiaries expressed their gratitude to Dangote Granite Mines, stating that the scholarships had considerably eased their instructional bills. Oladuni Ibrahim, a pupil at The Polytechnic Ibadan, thanked the Dangote Group for the scholarship, noting it has lessened the monetary burden on their households amidst present financial challenges. “The scholarship has benefited us immensely by supporting much less privileged college students who aspire to additional their schooling and obtain their desires regardless of monetary obstacles,” she acknowledged.

Via the Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF), the Dangote Group continues to contribute to the academic system in Nigeria and Africa, believing that schooling is the inspiration of any profitable society.

A few of the basis’s instructional interventions embrace a N1 billion funding for Nigerian universities, a N500 million for growing a Enterprise School at Bayero College Kano and N100 million for the proposed Otuoke College in Bayelsa State. The inspiration additionally made a big contribution to the academic sector by donating totally geared up services able to accommodating 2,160 college students, constructed at a price of N1.2 billion, to Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) in Zaria.