COVID-19: Buhari lauds Dangote, Atiku, others for contributions

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President Muhammadu Buhari has commended members of the Nigerian Private Sector Coalition Against coronavirus.

President Buhari, in a statement by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, made the commendation in Abuja on Friday, March 27.

The members of the coalition, include Aliko Dangote, Abdulsamad Rabiu of BUA Group, Femi Otedola, Tony Elumelu, Herbert Wigwe, Segun Agbaje and Jim Ovia of UBA, Access, GTB, and Zenith Banks, respectively, for contributing N1 billion each.

President Buhari noted with delight that UBA has sequally donated the sum of N5 billion to Nigeria and Africa, while the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar had pledged N50 million.

According to him, first bank is partnering with the government, the UN and innovative technological firms to provide e-learning solutions to at least one million children under its ‘Keep Them Engaged, Keep Them Safe’ initiative.

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