President Muhammadu Buhari has commended Aliko Dangote Foundation, ADF, for donating the sum of N200 million to assist in combating the outbreak of Coronavirus disease in Nigeria.
The President recalled that the organisation had in the past donated N1 billion to tackle the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, in Africa, commending such public-spiritedness to other well-to-do individuals and groups.
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According to President Buhari, “Hand in hand, standing shoulder to shoulder, we can confront our challenges as a country.”
The Nigerian leader in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, used the opportunity to reiterate his earlier charge that Nigerians should take the necessary hygiene precautions, rather than panic about the Coronavirus outbreak, after discovery of the index case in the country last week.
The President said the government, at various levels, is poised to ensure that the country and her people remain safe from the virus, which is spreading rapidly in many parts of the world.
