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TGI Group Donates Products Worth Millions Of Naira To Borno State Govt. In Support Of IDPs

TGI Group, an international investment and holding company with diversified interests and investments in Africa, Middle East and Asia, has donated evaporated milk, pharmaceutical and agricultural products to Borno State government to support the humanitarian needs of internally displaced persons (IDP) in the state.

The General Manager, Corporate Affairs of TGI Group, Mr. Sadiq Kassim who officially presented the donation to the Director General (DG) of the Borno State Emergency Management Authority, Engr. Ahmed Satomi said the donation was part of TGI’s efforts to alleviate the pains of persons in the camp and to bring succor to them.

TGI Group is the parent company of Chi Limited, WACOT Limited, CHI Pharmaceuticals Ltd, CHI Farms, CORMART, and many other companies in the country.

While commending the efforts of the Federal Government and the Military at curtailing the activities of insurgents in the region, Mr. Kassim said, “the products we are presenting today will undoubtedly go a long way in bringingrelief to displaced children and families in Borno State and by extension, the North-East region”.

The products presented to the camp on behalf of the different companies in the TGI Group include a trailer load of evaporated milk for children and women by CHI Limited and various pharmaceutical products such as routine OTC drugs, oral rehydration salts (ORS), and deworming tablets manufactured by CHI Pharmaceuticals Limited.

Mr. Kassim further revealed that another subsidiary of the Group, WACOT Limited donated 600 bags of maize to the camp in September 2016.

 

“This gesture will help the Borno State government and officials of the IDP camp to meet and improve on the food and primary health careneeds ofthe displaced persons in the camp” Kassim added.

Receiving the products on behalf of Borno State government, Engr. Ahmed Satomi expressed delight at the gesture and appealed to other corporate bodies to emulate the TGI Group.

Engr. Satomi further stated that the donations were timely, as there are plans to begin a deworming programme for the children in the camp.

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