COVID-19 Support Fund – How Donors Shocked Plateau Govt

When the chips are down, you can bank on Nigerians to be their brother’s keepers.

And that is what is currently playing out in Plateau state where a COVID-19 support fund is already overflowing with goodwill.

It is such that the government has come out to admit that it had been overwhelmed by contributions to its COVID-19 Fund by individuals, groups and corporate organisations.

Governor Simon Lalong had to issue a statement on Friday expressing the appreciation thus: “We are so overwhelmed and appreciative of the enormous contributions being pumped into the State COVID-19 Fund,”

The Eagle reports that the governor is the Chairman of the COVID-19 Emergency Response Committee.

Expressing his gratitude via a statement signed by Mr Dan Manjang, information and communication commissioner, the governor said:

“We wish to announce to our donors that the State Government is so grateful to all of them for quickly heeding to our call for assistance in this trying period in the history of our existence as a state.

“Your responses are overwhelming and encouraging to us as a government, which is on its toes to see to the deprivation of the virus from rearing its ugly head on the Plateau,” Lalong stated.

As a way of allaying the fears of the people, the chief helmsman promised equitable utilization of the items

Some key donations:

1. Grand Cereals – 10 tonnes of fortified fertilizer, 100 cartons of vegetable oil, 400 crates of eggs
2. Nasco Group of Companies – 500 cartons of hand sanitizers/washing soap

iii.         The Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association – six cartons of face masks/ three cartons of hand gloves

1. Zuma Steel Company, a subsidiary of Eta-Zuma Group West Africa Limited – hand sanitizers/face masks