President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has presented 20,000 bags of rice to the vulnerable people across the 17 local government areas of Plateau State. Salt and sugar were also included.

Dangote, who presented the items to the State Governor Caleb Mutfwang yesterday at the Government House, Little Rayfield, Jos, was represented by Bashiru Adamu, one of his confidants.
He believed that the rice would assuage the hardship in the state, optimistic that the items will reach the target audience.

Symbolically receiving the items, Mutfwang expressed gratitude to the donor, saying that no matter how rich a person is and does not reach out to the downtrodden, the affluence is nothing after all.

According to the governor, the poorest of the poor will benefit from the gifted items, encouraging other rich people in the society to emulate Dangote’s good gesture.

He said that the government is trying to make fertilizers reach the farmers because it is the rainy season to enhance food production at the end of the day.

Mutfwang urged the representative of Dangote to tell him that they need more salt, rice, and sugar, assuring him that what he had received would reach the target as he had said.

Also at Government House, Mutfwang received two separate reports on the Resettlement of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and that of the Land Administration.

The chairman of the Task Force on IDP, Mr. Isaac Dimka, presented his report as it was given a 10-point of reference when it was inaugurated on March 25, 2025.

Dimka told the governor that his committee was supposed to sit for four weeks but was overwhelmed by petitions from interest groups.

He presented the 167-page report to the governor.

Chairman on Land Administration, Air Commodore Rwang Christopher Pam, said that two weeks after the committee went into action, new attacks took place by bandits in Ganawuri, adding that there were attacks too at Mangu where many people were killed.

Pam blamed the previous committees for failing to prevent tragedies, making the people helpless to return, and commended the proactive steps taken by the Mutfwang administration.

He now recommended that security should be deployed to volatile areas and work with the Federal Government to thwart illegal occupation of the people’s land.

The chairman also implored the government to allow people to go to areas where they feel safe and traditionally comfortable, expressing profound gratitude to the governor for his support to the task force.

Receiving the reports, Mutfwang thanked the two committees, admitting that they did not know the magnitude of the assignment.

He said that when they heard of land acquisition, they could not wait but to set up a task force to retrieve government assets which have been converted to private use.

He said, “We paid for some lands twice because there were no records. There is anti-grabbing law by the Simon Lalong administration, and we are going to enforce it. Don’t just go and occupy land without a permit.

“People need to return to their ancestral home. I am going to tell Mr. President to help these people (the IDPs). We will improve the operational capacity of Operation Rainbow, the state security outfit. Let us live in peace and harmony irrespective of religious, tribal, and ethnic affiliations.”