Kwara State Government has commended the chairman of
the BUA Group Abdulsamad Rabiu, chairman of the Tony Elumelu Foundation Tony
Elumelu, and the United Bank for Africa for their financial support to
strengthen the national and subnational campaigns against the spread of Corona
Virus (COVID-19) pandemic.
“The government appreciates the N1bn donation that
Alhaji Rabiu has made to seven states of the federation including Kwara State
to bolster the national response to this pandemic. Similarly, the government is
profoundly grateful to Mr Elumelu and the UBA for their donation of a whopping
N28.5m to the Kwara State Government to combat this crisis,” Rafiu Ajakaye,
spokesman of the Kwara State Technical Committee on COVID-19, said in a
statement on Saturday.
“These gestures, which are a Corporate Social
Responsibility at its finest, are most welcome at this critical time when
government’s resources are understandably stretched because of the global oil
crisis partly engineered by this unexpected health emergency that threatens the
entire human race.”
The statement said the government needs all the help it
can get to face down the pandemic, calling on other corporate bodies and
philanthropists to donate to the Technical Committee to help its effort to
curtail the virus.
“Donations can be made to the committee through Kwara
State COVID-19 Support Bank Account 1022751448 at UBA,” it stated, adding that
corporate bodies or individuals wishing to assist the state may either pay into
this account, donate essential materials for government to take care of the
poor, or do their own private support to persons of their choice.
The committee meanwhile has cautioned people against
politicising the global pandemic for selfish gains, adding: “the nature of the
enemy we face is such that all hands must be on deck and all of us must forget
making any political mileage out of the situation while concentrating our
energy only on curtailing it immediately.
“Anyone who wishes to contribute anything should please
send it through the right channels. This time calls for sober reflection. It is
no time to score cheap political gains at the expense of public health. The
human race has never been so vulnerable than it is now and the fight requires
all seriousness and sincerity to win.”
Kwara, which is under partial lockdown, currently has
no confirmed case of COVID-19 but is working hard to prevent its spread in the
state.
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