Dangote cement gives scholarships to
students from 14 communities



The management of Dangote Cement PLC,
Ibese plant in Ogun state at the weekend
announced a fresh multi-million Naira
scholarship awards for secondary school and
higher institution students from its 14 host
communities in what is now an annual
activity.
Leaders and youths of the host communities
to the company were sent into celebration
mood when the company presented cheques
to some 49 students of higher institutions and
secondary school scattered across the
country.
Prominent monarch from the area, His Royal
Majesty, Oba Gbadebo Adesola Oni, the Olu of
Imasayi, who was the Royal Father of the day
commended the cement company’s
management for the gesture which he said
has been running for some years since
Dangote started production in Ibese land.

He stated that the communities’ leaders
appreciated the fact that there have always
been an improvement in the number of the
benefitting community members urging the
company not to rest on its oars.
The Royal father particularly saluted the
business acumen of the Chairman of the
company, Alhaji Aliko Dangote saying he is a
man who loves the development of the people
and the Nigerian society and that his many
investments have been helping the people and
the Nigerian society.
The Olu of Imasayi pointed out that so many
Nigerians have the kind of money Dangote
has but could not invest with it because there
own interest is in their pocket noting that
should Nigeria be blessed with five Dangotes,
Nigeria would have joined the developed
countries of the world.


In his opening remarks, the Acting Plant
Director, Louis Raj described the scholarship
as an annual ritual for the company all in the
efforts at contributing to the educational
development of the people and the host
communities.
He said it was all part of the company’s CSR
plan to impact positively on the lives of the
people and the community within which it
operates and that is what has made the CSR
profile of the company to be very robust.