| The Lawal Tafida Foundation |
This foundation was borne out of management’s desire to apply the best possible standards in  Corporate Social Responsibility. The Foundation, which has been under the supervision of an executive Secretary who reports directly to the Board of Trustees, has come a long way in its activities. The achievements of the Foundation, otherwise known as Testimonial.
Testimonials
1. The Foundation built five (5) classrooms for Fulani Nomads with a borehole and a toilet. The size of land used for the school which was named after the late chairperson of the company – Hajiya Fatima Lawal Tafida, is 300/300 metres. The primary objective of this project is to enable gain easy access to western and Islamic education. At the moment, the school is managed by a women Non-Governmental Organisation(NGO) under the supervision of the Foundation.
2. At Kurmin Mashi, a suburb near the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway the foundation built Three(3) Classrooms with one Administrative block; male and female toilets. Within the same premises is yet another guests’ toilet for both males and females.
3. The Foundation drilled three(3) Boreholes at Rano Local Government area and Kwanar Dangora area of Kano State. Work on another Borehole is also in progress at the Imawa area of Kano State. Meanwhile a plot of land has been acquired in Imawa for another school that will give its beneficiaries in the community access to Western and Islamic education
4. A school project at the Makera area of Kawo in Kaduna State was about to grind to a halt when the Foundation completed it for the residents. Within the same Kawo vicinity, a bridge on an area known as Abuja Road was buried by debris making it inaccessible, especially during rainy season. The Foundation cleared the debris and making the bridge accessible once more.
5. In Mando area of Kaduna State a Mosque is presently being constructed for the residents of the area.
6. In the area of empowerment a number of applicants for short service recruitment exercise got support, from purchase of forms to the rigours of training and final recruitment into the service.
7. Women Non-Governmental Organisation known ad Women in Da’awah got a donation of a photocopier and a standing fan for their secretariat in Kaduna State.
8. In the wake of the refugee problem created by the post-election violence in Kaduna State, the Foundation gave the affected women and children at the Maraban Jos displaced victim’s camp fifty(50) bags of rice, a reel of assorted clothes and fifty thousand naira (N50,000) cash.
9. The Foundation moved in to ensure the completion of the building of Rabiu Daura school project while renovating the Rigachikun Garage Mosque in Kaduna State. It then carpeted Badarawa Mosque.
10. The Foundation donated a Golf Model vehicle, worth N630,000 to while it secured another site for constructing another edifice behind the Kaduna Government House.
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