The Aliko Dangote Foundation’s board of trustees has decided to be fully involved in the evacuation and resettling of thousands of Nigerians who have been stranded in Sudan. Zouera Youssoufou, the MD/CEO of Dangote Foundation (ADF), has been in contact with the staff of air peace and the federal government to confirm that the foundation can assist the stranded Nigerians.
On their return to the region in 2015, the Aliko Dangote Foundation provided logistics assistance to the Nigerian volunteer health workers who supported the ebola containment schemes.
Since 2011, ADF has supported several thousand IDPs in Yobe, Borno, Adamawa, and Abuja, with a total investment of over 25 billion naira for food, shelter, and health services.
The federal ministry of humanitarian affairs, disaster management, and social development revealed that the first batch of 13 buses conveying six hundred and thirty-seven (637) evacuees had arrived at the identified safe borders at Aswan, Egypt.