The National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has made a donation of N200 million to support efforts in the fight against the spread of Coronavirus in the country.
The former Governor of Lagos State, announced the donation on his twitter handle on Sunday, saying that the donation would go to the Lagos State Government and the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to battle the scourge in the country.
He lamented that the pandemic disrupted his annual birthday celebration, which was usually accompanied by a colloquium.
The tweet read: “Today, but for COVID-19 we would, as we have done for the last twelve years, have celebrated this day with the Bola Tinubu Colloquium. This year we could not but by God’s grace we will do so again.
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“The circumstances this year prevent us from gathering together to celebrate my birthday, but I would still like to mark the occasion.
“That is why I have chosen today to announce that I will be making a donation of N200 million to fight this deadly virus.
“In pursuant to this pledge, N100 million will be made available to the government of Lagos State and another N100 million to NCDC to support their efforts in fighting the scourge of COVID-19
“Together, we will overcome this terrible disease.”
