NIGERIANS DONATES TO FIGHT COVID-19 IN NIGERIA

                                                                  

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation announced on Friday a donation of $30 million
Atlas Mara-backed Union Bank has also partnered with 54gene, a U.S.-based genetic research company, using a $500,000 funding facility to increase Covid-19 testing capacity in Nigeria to 1,000 daily.

United Bank for Africa Plc, another leading Nigerian lender, said it will donate about 5 billion naira ($13 million) toward providing assistance to the country and 19 others across Africa

Co-founder of Alibaba group, Jack Ma had recently donated medical supplies all the way from China.

 Aliko Dangote, Abdulsamad Rabiu, Femi Otedola, Tony Elumelu, Herbert Wigwe, Segun Agbaje and Jim Ovia —  contributed N1 billion  each to support the government in curtailing the pandemic in Nigeria.

Rabiu also urged other well-meaning Nigerians to join hands in supporting the efforts to put the virus in check in Nigeria, financially and otherwise. “Our country needs us now more than ever. This is the time to come together and support.”

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has announced that he will be making a donation of 200 million naira to fight the deadly Coronavirus pandemic.

Also former President Olusegun Obasanjo has donated his former residence ,32-room facility located off the Presidential Boulevard, Oke Sari,  at the presidential hilltop, Abeokuta, Ogun state capital, for use as an isolation centre for victims of the coronavirus pandemic.

 Dr. Paul Enenche Dunamis of International Gospel Centre, DIGC, Wednesday, donated medical equipment worth millions of Naira to the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, to combat  COVID-19, outbreak.

“Pastor E. A. Adeboye through RCCG Christian Social Responsibility has donated 11 Intensive Care Unit beds across the country fully fitted with ventilators that will be most needed in the care for COVID-19 cases,” the church said.