Dangote Publishes Details of Farouk Ahmed’s Swiss School Fees for Kids

By Adedapo Adesanya

The president of Dangote Group, Mr Aliko Dangote, has published details alleging extensive foreign education expenses made by the chief executive of the Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Mr Farouk Ahmed, on four children in a new turn of event between the businessman and regulators.

Speaking on Sunday, the business mogul alleged that Mr Ahmed paid about $5 million for the secondary school education of his four children in Switzerland, and wondered how the government official could afford to pay such amount of money when there are several students in the home state of Mr Ahmed, Sokoto State. He threatened to published more details.

In the latest illustrated claims, Mr Dangote alleged that Mr Ahmed’s children attended secondary schools in Switzerland for about six years each. He listed the schools as Montreux School, Aiglon College, Institut Le Rosey and La Garenne International School. He named the children of Mr Ahmed as Faisal Farouk, Farouk Jr., Ashraf Farouk, and Farhana Farouk.

Mr Dangote alleged that the total cost of secondary education for the four children — covering tuition, upkeep, travel and related expenses exceeded $5 million.

He further claimed that an additional $2 million was spent on university education for the four children over a four-year period.

Specific figures were also cited for 2025, with Mr Dangote alleging that about $210,000 was spent on one child’s Master of Business Administration programme at Harvard University.

The breakdown reportedly includes $150,000 for tuition and $60,000 for accommodation, travel and other incidentals.

The claims have not been independently verified by Business Post at the time of filing this report but Mr Dangote revealed these details in an advertorial in most of the national newspaper on Tuesday.

Also, Mr Ahmed has yet to publicly respond to the allegations.

Mr Dangote earlier called on the authorities to institute a full scale investigation into the activities of the NMDPRA boss, with the outcome made public.