Idris HK Foundation Awards N1.75m Grants to Five Beneficiaries »

By Onoja Integrity

The Idris HK Foundation has awarded a total of N1.75 million in business grants to five beneficiaries as part of an initiative aimed at strengthening small businesses and promoting entrepreneurship among Nigerians.

Each of the five beneficiaries received N350,000 to serve as seed capital for their respective businesses.

The beneficiaries are Isah Johnson Samson, Hauwakulu Abubakar of Jidah Spicy Kilish (JSK), Ammazubby General Enterprise, Ochonia Jessica and Leera’h’s Touch.

Announcing the beneficiaries on Thursday, the Chairman of the foundation, Idris Hussein Kashim, popularly known as Idris HK, urged them to regard the funds not as free money but as an opportunity to build sustainable businesses.

He advised the beneficiaries to reinvest wisely, maintain proper financial records and improve their products and services, stressing that the ultimate objective was for the businesses to grow and create opportunities for others.

“Use it wisely, reinvest where necessary, keep proper records, improve your products and services, build businesses that can create opportunities for others,” Idris said.

The foundation also announced plans to unveil the beneficiaries individually and showcase their businesses, products and services to the public in a bid to generate patronage and further support for the entrepreneurs.
Idris added, “One car cannot do convoy. Let’s genuinely push each other up.”

The latest intervention adds to a growing list of philanthropic activities associated with Idris HK, a Kogi-born businessman and Chairman of the Idris HK Foundation. Recent reports have linked the foundation to interventions spanning education, electricity, water and community infrastructure across Kogi State.

In April 2026, reports said the foundation was implementing a scholarship programme worth more than N7 million for 50 students of Kogi State College of Education, Ankpa, with payments structured to support the beneficiaries through their academic programmes.

The foundation has also been involved in electricity interventions, including the electrification entire Ankpa local government, donation of a 300KVA transformer to Ofakaga community in Ofu Local Government Area and projects aimed at restoring electricity to communities in Kogi East.

In December 2025, the foundation was reported to have commissioned 11 projects across Idah and Igalamela-Odolu Local Government Areas, including boreholes, electricity infrastructure and solar installations.

The latest business grant comes as Idris HK’s public profile continues to expand beyond philanthropy. In May 2026, he picked the Social Democratic Party’s nomination and expression-of-interest forms to contest the Kogi East Senatorial District seat in the 2027 general elections.

His growing political involvement has generated both support and criticism, with supporters pointing to his record of community interventions, while political opponents have questioned aspects of his political trajectory.

Against that backdrop, the N1.75 million business grant represents another attempt by the Idris HK Foundation to move its intervention beyond immediate relief towards enterprise support and economic empowerment, with the beneficiaries expected to deploy the funds to strengthen their businesses and potentially create livelihoods for others.