Billionaires Bill Gates and Aliko Dangote have come together to fight against polio in Nigeria.
In a meeting in Kano, Nigeria on Monday, both Aliko Dangote and Bill Gates’ Foundation announced the alliance.
Nigeria is one of the three countries in the world [including Pakistan and Afghanistan] tagged as having endemic polio. It is a four-year alliance and both foundations would provide funding, equipments and technical support to strengthen its immunization.
Eradicating polio “will be Kano’s gift to Nigeria and Nigeria’s gift to the world,” Jeff Raikes, the head of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, said at the ceremony.
In a brief statement Dangote reiterated the need to keep assisting the vulnerable in the society.
“There is no reason for any one of us not to assist in keeping our people healthy,” he said. Forbes has labeled Dangote Africa’s richest man and Gates the richest man from the United States — as well as “the planet’s most generous person.”
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