Dangote rewards loyal distributors with N2bn

Distributors the Dangote foods companies, including Dangote Flour, Sugar and Salt, smiled home yesterday as the management of the companies doled out over N2 billion as rewards for their loyalty to the companies over the past one year.

At a colourful gala night which the distributors were hosted to, top performers in each of the six geo-political zones as well as national leading distributors were duly recognised with plaques of and cash rewards varying amounts.

President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, said the recognition and cash rewards were in the character of the companies’ managements to appreciate customers who stood by them through thick and thin.

He said the managements held their distributors in high esteem because they are the reason for the success recorded by them in 2016 despite the economic challenges and the difficult operating environment businesses of found themselves in.

“Our achievements would not have been possible without you. You stood by us through thick and thin. We appreciate the confidence reposed in us to serve you. We came into these businesses at a time Nigerians have preference for imported foreign foods, even if inferior.

“Because you are behind us we have succeeded and today we take the lead while others follow in ensuring we domesticated all our production processes and by so doing creating jobs locally”