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Nigeria Govt Discloses Total Amount In Accounts For COVID-19 Donations
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday disclosed the total amount in accounts set up for COVID-19 donations, this is as the federal government through the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 continues to reel out measures on how to check the spread of the pandemic in the country and manage its health and economic impacts.
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The President In a statement signed by his Spokesman, Garba Shehu, commended public-spirited and good-natured Nigerians and organisations for their financial and material support.
President Buhari also revealed the total amount in the five bank accounts designated for the COVID-19 contribution.
Buhari cited the provision of isolation, treatment and laboratory centres/facilities by individuals and companies such as Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Alhaji Abdulsamad Rabiu, Guaranty Trust Bank and ThisDay Newspapers and Partners among others in several states and Federal Capital Territory.
The President called on other privileged Nigerians and bodies to imitate these commendable gestures.
According to President Buhari, “We are facing a national challenge and all hands must be on deck to navigate this difficult course. In this respect, all types of assistance are welcome, big or small. The spirit behind the contributions is salutary.”
Records obtained from the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation about lodgements from 111 individuals and organisations into the FGN Covid-19 Eradication Support Accounts in the five designated banks between April 1-30, 2020, indicated the total sum of Six Hundred and Ninety Seven million, Five Hundred and Thirty-Eight Thousand, One Hundred and Eight Naira only (N697, 538, 108.00).
The above consists small payments of N5, N10, N14, N20 by individuals to huge deposits of N200 million by Dantata Property Development; N100 million by Ocean Trust Ltd; N25 million by NSITF; N20 million by Ebele and Anyichuks Foundation; N15 million by Nizamiya Hospital Abuja; and N10 million each by Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship and Association of Bureau De Change (BDC) respectively, among others.
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