Dangote Foundation and Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation on Thursday, January 21 announced a combined commitment
of $100 million to help Nigeria tackle the problems of malnutrition.
The donation was announced in Abuja at a press conference by the business moguls.
Both philanthropists had on Wednesday, January 20, stated their commitment to ensure that Nigeria wins the fight against polio, at a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari.
The $100million pledge is expected to be expended over the next five years (2016-2020). It is targeted at ending malnutrition in the country. It is also expected to improve the lives of at least five million families by 2020, according to the two global figures.
See photos below:
Despite rapid economic growth, Nigeria is home to the highest number
of stunted children in Africa and the second highest globally. Almost
one in five Nigerian children is acutely malnourished and more than one
in three children suffers from stunting.
The donation was announced in Abuja at a press conference by the business moguls.
Both philanthropists had on Wednesday, January 20, stated their commitment to ensure that Nigeria wins the fight against polio, at a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari.
The $100million pledge is expected to be expended over the next five years (2016-2020). It is targeted at ending malnutrition in the country. It is also expected to improve the lives of at least five million families by 2020, according to the two global figures.
See photos below:
L-R
– MInister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole; Co-Chair, Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates and President/CE, Dangote
Industries Limited, Mr Aliko Dangote at the Signing ceremony of the
$100m Partnership commitment to eradicate malnutrition in Nigeria
L-R
-MInister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole; Co-Chair, Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates and President/CE, Dangote
Industries Limited, Mr Aliko Dangote Signing the $100m Partnership
commitment to eradicate malnutrition in Nigeria
L-R
– MInister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole; Co-Chair, Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates and President/CE, Dangote
Industries Limited, Mr Aliko Dangote at the Signing ceremony of the
$100m Partnership commitment to eradicate malnutrition in Nigeria
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