Bill Gates & Aliko Dangote Pay Homeage To Gov. Fashola

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Tuesday received in audience the Founder of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Mr. Bill Gates, at Lagos House, Alausa Ikeja, yesterday.  Mr. Bill in his words advocate that victims of Wild Polio virus be drafted to lead the current campaign to eradicate the disease.

Bill Gates, who came on a courtesy visit to the Governor alongside Nigeria’s billionaire business magnate and Founder of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, is also a great philanthropist who has been donating large sums of money to charity across the world, through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, especially towards the eradication of Wild Polio virus across Africa and Asia.

Governor Fashola said the most effective way to fight the disease was to look at how many of its survivors could be empowered and encouraged to lead the campaign towards its total eradication pointing out that they would be in a better position to spread the awareness among the people.