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Dangote, role model to young African leaders – NBCC

By on January 4, 2015

The Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce has described the Chairman of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, as a role model to the youth, following his recent award as the ‘Forbes Africa Person of the Year 2014’ by Forbes Magazine.

A statement by NBCC quoted its President, Mr. Yemi Adefulu, as saying that Africa was in dire need of leaders in all walks of life, adding that the emergence of Dangote as the African Person of the Year, would serve as a world-class model for future generations of business leaders in Africa and beyond to emulate.

“In selecting Alhaji Dangote as a patron of the NBCC in 2013, the chamber had closely monitored with satisfaction, his steady meteoric rise in business and social service leadership by prodigious hard work, strategic business planning and focused entrepreneurial ingenuity,” Adefulu was quoted as saying.

“The chamber agrees with the encomiums showered on Dangote at the Forbes Award ceremony in terms of business investment. He is also a capitalist with a big heart. He puts his money where his mouth is and his foundation is a step forward for a man who wants to make a difference on the continent,” he added.

Adefulu urged the youth to emulate the Dangote and positively impact the lives of the people in the continent through entrepreneurship.

 

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