Africa's Richest Man To Build 11 Health Centers in Nigeria To Combat Polio

From The Africa Chronicles Thu Jul 3 2014, 16:05:00

Africa's wealthiest man Aliko Dangote has pledged to build 11 health centers in Kano, a large commercial state in Nigeria's North-Western region, in an effort to ensure routine immunization and the general physical health of indigenes of the state.

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