List of Donors for the fight Against Coronavirus in
Nigeria
The outbreak of this pandemic disease-Coronavirus has been a
course for concern in Nigeria and the world at large.
However, The Nigerian government has approved a 10 billion
Naira grant (about $27 million) to fight the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19)
in the country.
According to a statement from President Muhammadu Buhari on
Thursday, the money will be released to Lagos State, Nigeria’s commercial
center, which has the highest number of coronavirus cases in the country.
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He tweeted;
“The immediate release of a 10 billion Naira grants to Lagos
State, which remains the epicentre of the Covid-19 outbreak in Nigeria. This
grant will enable Lagos increase its capacity to control and contain the
outbreak, while also supporting other States with capacity-building.”
Unfortunately, Nigeria’s count on this outbreak keeps
increasing by the day and spreading to other states including some Eastern states
like; Enugu and Ebonyi.
Currently, Nigeria
has a total count of 70 confirmed COVID-19 cases including 44 in Lagos, 14 in
Abujaand the rest in other states.
The President is also releasing a 5 billion Naira (about $13 million) special intervention fund to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC).
The country’s leading National Public Health Institute,NCDC
has been at the forefront of the coronavirus pandemic, collating numbers and
responding to suspected cases of the virus.
“The immediate release of a 5 billion Naira special
intervention fund to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control to equip, expand
and provide personnel to its facilities and laboratories across the
country,” said President Buhari.
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However, some Nigerian Philantropists and organizations,
including banks, have also donated billions of Naira to help fund medical
centers and provide essential materials necessary to contain the spread of this
pandemic in the country.
Below is the full list in detail;
Some Nigerian Philanthropists who donated monetary value to this course include;
Atiku Abubakar – 50million naira
2Face Idibia – 10million naira
Aliko Dangote – 1Billion naira plus
Abdulsamad Rabiu – 1Billion naira
Femi Otedola – 1Billion naira
Tony O. Elumelu – 1Billion naira
Herbert O. Wigwe – 1Billion naira
Segun Agbaje – 1Billion naira
Jim Ovia – 1Billion naira
Some Corporate Organizations that donated to this course
include;
Access Bank –
1Billion naira
GTBank – 1Billion naira
Zenith Banks
– 1Billion naira
NNPC (under FG) – 11 Billion naira
UBA. – 5 Billion naira (To African countries
including Nigeria)
Federal Government donated 10billion to Lagos State
Government and 5billion to fund NCDC.
However, President Muhammadu Buhari has saluted this Nigerian
philanthropists and organizations for joining their resources in the fight
against Covid-19 pandemic.
Some Nigerians are asking if the money should be shared
equal among every Nigerian, or should it be given to State governors to build
well equipped hospitals and research institutes in their respective States?
Nasarawa State Deputy Governor, Dr Emmanuel Akabe Empowers 330 vulnerable women with the sum of N3.3 million
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By Gistflash News
Sept 19, 2021
Nasarawa State Deputy Governor, Dr Emmanuel Akabe, has empowered 330 vulnerable women in the state with the sum of N3.3 million to improve on their livelihood.
The beneficiaries who got N10,000 each are mostly widows drawn from Doma, Lafia and Obi Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state.
Akabe, while disbursing the funds to the beneficiaries on Sunday in Obi Local Government Area, said the gesture was to enable them to start petty businesses to support their families and sponsor their children in school.
He said that the selected beneficiaries were those already into petty businesses with a view of assisting them to grow.
Akabe said the gesture was in furtherance of Governor Abdullahi Sule-led administration’s commitment to bring women and youth out of poverty.
“I will monitor to ensure that all of you use the money judiciously in growing your businesses.
“If I discover that you use it well, next year I will give all those who do well more support to grow their businesses,” Akabe said.
He said that the gesture would soon be replicated in Keana and Awe LGAs, all in Nassarawa South senatorial zone.
“I have the phone numbers of all the beneficiaries, therefore, I will be calling them regularly to know how they are doing,” he said.
Also speaking at the event, Hajiya Sahadatu Yahaya, and All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholder in the area commended the deputy governor for the gesture.
Hajiya Yahaya who is a former Chairman of Obi LGA, said the gesture was novel from a sitting deputy governor and urged the beneficiaries not to betray the trust by ensuring judicious use of the money.
Hauwa Dantsoho, who expressed gratitude to the deputy governor on behalf of the beneficiaries, assured that they would use the funds judiciously.
Abraham Chukwudi Nneji Foundation holds scholarship exam for indigent students in Enugu
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A non-governmental organisation, Dr. Abraham Chukwudi Nneji Foundation has announced scholarship opportunity for indigent students in Enugu
to study in any higher institution of their choice.
A statement issued by the foundation indicates that the offer comes with full scholarship.
According to the Foundation, beneficiaries will be selected after a screening test which will be conducted online through https://cedinitiative.org/apply/.
The statement disclosed that the examination will hold from the 1st to 8th of October 2021.
According to the statement, over 10,000 secondary school students have already been provided with resources for the scholarship examination and will be joined by other interested secondary school leavers in the online examination which will be hosted by CED Initiative and will last for 45 minutes.
Dr. Abraham Chukwudi Nneji Foundation advised interested indigent students who wish to participate in the scholarship examination to download the study materials from https://cedinitiative.org/careerguide/
Interested participants are equally directed to contact 09023353080 in case of any inquiries.
The statement reads;
“Dr. Abraham Chukwudi Nneji Foundation will be offering indigent but bright children of Enugu State the opportunity to study in the university/ polytechnic with a full scholarship. The over 10,000 secondary school pupils who have been provided with resources for the scholarship exam will be joined by other interested secondary school leavers in an online exam that will be hosted by CEDInitiative”.
Date: 1st – 8th October, 2021
Duration: 45mins
Venue: https://cedinitiative.org/apply/
“Please note that the study material for the scholarship is available for free download by clicking on the link: https://cedinitiative.org/careerguide/”
For further inquiries, contact 09023353080
Signed: Dr. Abraham Chukwudi Nneji Foundation.
Lagos State Government says it is upscaling its housing delivery performance and subsidising the cost of the homes to reduce the barrier to home ownership in the state.
Lagos State Commissioner for Housing, Mr Moruf Akinderu-Fatai, made this known on Friday in a statement signed by Mrs Adeola Salako, Spokesperson of the ministry.
The commissioner said this was a response to the growing gap in housing demand in relation to the available accommodation in the state.
Akinderu-Fatai said the government was committed to the provision of affordable mass housing units in spite of the increasing cost of building materials occasioned by the current inflationary trend.
He said that Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu had directed that cost of homes built by the state should be lower than the market price to make home ownership easier for the people.
Akinderu-Fatai said that the government was pursuing the agenda of housing provision with increased vigour to ensure that more homes are available for residents before the end of the year.
“We are engaging multinationals along with other Ministries, Departments and Agencies to build and support the financing of buildings in the state.
“This is the viable option, given the fact that land is a limited resource in the state,” he said.
He said with population upsurge, meaningful impact could be achieved through space maximisation by the construction of high-rise buildings where progress was being recorded.
According to him, the state’s housing schemes, located in Odo-Onosa Ayandelu, Agbowa, Sangotedo Phase 1, Gbagada and Omole Phase 1, will be delivered soon.
The commissioner explained that the projects were being financed through direct budgetary allocation for the benefit of low and middle-income earners to come on the home ownership ladder.
He said this would be accomplished through a convenient mortgage system where homes shall be allocated through the Rent-to-Home Scheme and whereby the tenure of payment would be 120 months.
Akinderu-Fatai said that an initial payment of five per cent of the value of the homes by the allottees was required before spreading the balance.
He listed other schemes that were being constructed through direct budgetary allocation to include Egan-Igando, LASU, Ita-Marun in Epe and Ajara.
The commissioner said though these schemes were inherited from previous administrations, the government was committed to speedy delivery in line with the THEMES agenda.
“Housing provision is pivotal to the transformation of the lives of the people,” Akinderu-Fatai said.
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