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    How Dangote Cement Empowerment Schemes Transformed Lives

    EditorBy EditorFebruary 7, 2025Updated:February 7, 2025No Comments3 Mins Read
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    Beneficiaries of Dangote Cement Plc’s empowerment schemes at Obajana have shared their inspiring stories of how the company’s social programs have positively impacted their lives.

    The beneficiaries, who were trained and equipped in various vocational skills such as poultry farming, fashion design, and more, expressed gratitude to the company for providing them with life-changing opportunities.

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    Speaking to newsmen at Obajana in Kogi State, Mr. Oluwafisayo Obanla, a beneficiary, who was trained and equipped on poultry farming, expressed gratitude to the company for given him the opportunity of becoming a qualified poultry farmer.

    He said apart from the 50 Point-Of-Lay birds given to him by the company, he has expanded his stock by acquiring 150 broilers, he now enjoys a steady income through daily egg sales.

    According to Mr. Obanla, the Obajana community has undergone a significant transformation, as beneficiaries have also employed members of their families and communities.

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    Dangote Cement Increases Scholarship For Benue Communities

    In 2023, the company trained 30 youths drawn from host communities of Oyo, Iwaa, Apata and Obajana, equipping them with essential vocational skills.

    In her reaction, Mrs. Berida Omaleke Ruth, a beneficiary from Apata Community thanked the President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, for providing her the opportunity to be a poultry farmer.

    Mrs. Omaleke disclosed that her quest for employment after graduating from the University had to stop because the new business had provided her with a new lifeline.

    She said even with the high turnout of eggs; she could still not meet her customers’ demand.

    Dangote Cement Supports Communities, Orphanage in Kogi

    Similarly, in her response, Mrs. Dupe Sani from the Iwaa Community, who was trained on fashion design expressed to the Dangote Cement for the opportunity to fulfil her lifelong ambition of becoming a fashion designer.

    “Since we graduated from the Dangote Cement training programme, I have bought four machines, and I have four apprentices under me,” she said.

    On her part, Mrs. Bunmi Joseph, from the Oyo Community, lauded Alhaji Aliko Dangote for not only training her, but turning her into an entrepreneur.

    “Like Dangote, I am also an employer of labour,” she proudly affirmed, while thanking the company for what she said was a rare life opportunity.

    About two years ago, the company trained and graduated 40 women in Fashion Design at its cement plant in Obajana, reinforcing its commitment to fostering self-sufficiency and economic empowerment within host communities.

    A statement from the spokesman of the conglomerate, Anthony Chiejina, said the Dangote Cement Plc has numerous social programmes aimed at supporting host communities.

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