ALIKO Dangote and Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Nigeria’s Finance Minister were, Wednesday, named among the100 most influential persons on earth by TIME Magazine.
Bill Gate, Microsoft Founder and Co-Chair, Bill and Melinda Gate wrote a tribute in honour of Dangote in commemoration of his listing by the Time magazine.
Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Gate dwelled extensively on the philanthropic gestures of the President of the Dangote Group in the areas of health especially polio eradication and job creation efforts.
While Gate was lavish in his praises of timely response of Dangote to the need for an health alliance by the private sector, Buno a lead singer of U2 and a co-founder of One and (RED) wrote the tribute for Dr Iweala.
Gates, described him as a man who does good in addition to doing well. Wrote he: “… his business activities drive economic growth across the continent. That’s impressive, but I know him best as a leader constantly in search of ways to bridge the gap between private business and public health. It’s for that reason he helped create the Nigeria Private Sector Health Alliance. And it’s for that reason he is an advocate for agricultural research and malaria control.”
