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Presidency finally reveals amount contributed by Nigerians toward fight against Covid-19


Coronavirus: N697.5m now in Covid-19 accounts – Garba Shehu
Presidency said N697.5m donated by 111 individuals and organisations has been moved to five Covid-19 accounts.
 Garba Shehu, senior media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari,
Garba Shehu, a senior aide to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, has disclosed that N697 million donated by 111 individual and organisations has been moved to five bank accounts purposely created to support fight against Covid-19 pandemic. Shehu made the disclosure in a statement on Friday, May 8, adding that the process of transferring the money was done between April 1 and 30, 2020.
the amount was compiled based on records obtained from the office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (AFG), Daily Trust reports. Shehu further disclosed that the funds consisted of small payments of N5million N10million, N14million, N20million by individuals to huge deposits of N200 million by Dantata Property Development. He also said that N100 million was also contributed by Ocean Trust Ltd, while N25 million was contributed by NSITF. Presidency said N697.5m donated by111 individual and organisations has been moved to five Covid-19 accounts. Source: Depositphotos According to him, Ebele and Anyichuks Foundation contributed N20 million, while N15 million was contributed by Nizamiya Hospital Abuja. N10 million each was donated by Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship and Association of Bureau De Change (BDC) respectively. Shehu added that President Buhari appreciated the contribution of Nigerians towards the fight against coronavirus pandemic. He assured that the money will be properly managed by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Covid-19.
By: Eazeey Tited

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