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L-R: Master Abiodun Oluwasegun, a Student of Abusi Odumare Secondary school, Ijebu – Igbo, receiving his scholarship cheque (NAN Photo) |
The company disclosed this in a statement issued in Lagos on
Sunday by its Media Personnel, Dangote Industries Ltd, Francis Awowole-Browne.
Mr Awowole-Browne stated that the scholarship was part of
the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to foster educational
development in its host communities.
He noted that Ebenezer Ali, director, Human Assets
Management, Dangote Projects, said the scholarship was meant to help the
parents of the beneficiaries lessen the burden the education of their children
placed on them.
Mr Ali added that the scholarship was part of the agreements
reached with the leadership of the host communities during the signing of the
Community Development Agreement (CDA).
He said the move was to ensure its host communities were not
left behind in areas of education and infrastructural development
Mr Ali urged the beneficiaries to face their education as
they would be given automatic employment if they performed well academically.
He thanked the communities’ leaders for creating an
atmosphere of peace in the area and for showing the understanding that has led
to the tranquillity enjoyed by the company and the communities.
He assured the communities of the company’s readiness to do
its part of the agreement in ensuring that it identified with the people at all
times.
“I charge the communities’ leaders to continue to support
the management of Dangote Granite Mines by maintaining peace,” he said.
An Ijebu Igbo Monarch, the Sopenlukale of Oke Sopen, Oba
Adesesan Yussuf, thanked the management of Dangote Group for the assistance
rendered to the communities.
The monarch said the scholarship indicated that the company was community friendly and committed to giving back to society hence deserving of all the support the communities could muster.
He urged the beneficiaries not to take the scholarship for
granted and see it as a show of love for the host communities.
He advised community members to maintain peace, saying that
it was only when there was peace that the company could help the communities
better.
One of the beneficiaries, Miss Grace Aregbe of Tai Solarin
University of Education (TASUED), thanked the company for the kind gesture
She said the scholarship would go a long way in lessening
their financial hardship in school.
She promised that the beneficiaries would not let down the
company and their parents and prayed for the well-being of the Chairman of the
company, Aliko Dangote.