Full List of Nigerians and Organizations that have donated to the COVID – 19 Fight

(Newswire.net — April 9, 2020) — Nigerians have come together, presenting a united front in the fight against COVID-19 in the country. Several organizations, politicians, and businessmen like Aliko Dangote and Femi Otedola are at the frontiers of this fight. 

In this article, we will outline the list of organizations and well-meaning Nigerians that have donated to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A few weeks, the Chinese billionaire and co-founder of Alibaba, Jack Ma decided to support Africa’s COVID-19 fight with medical supplies donations. This led to a massive outcry by Nigerians that those at the top should also provide relief support.  

Fast forward to the present day, several politicians, businessmen, and corporate organizations having been motivated by the billionaire, have made contributions as well.

At first, it wasn’t quite clear who was donating what. 

Therefore, Nigerians took to media platforms to express their dissatisfactions and that the Federal Government release the comprehensive list of donors.

CACOVID For COVID Nigeria

Following the turmoil caused by the lack of accountability, the federal government decided to create an organization specifically for the COVID-19 fight. 

Therefore, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) set up the Contributions to the Private Sector Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) specifically for collecting and distributing donated funds and relief supplies.  

As at 4th April 2020, over N19.488 billion had been raised to which N15.325 billion has been collected. 

Thereafter, Mr. Isaac Okoroafor, the Director, Corporate Communications of CBN, speaking on behalf of the Federal Government, disclosed that over 47 donors including individuals, corporates, and organizations have made these contributions.

However, there are no official listings of these said individuals, and according to researches carried out by Naijaonlineguide.com, there are instances where it is hard to tell if the donations came from the head of companies or the companies as a whole. 

Nevertheless, here are 47 individuals and organizations that have donated to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Nigerian Billionaires and Businessmen donors for COVID-19

1. Aliko Dangote (N1 billion)

2. Ahmadu Mahmoud

3. Ekeoma Ekeoma

4. Alhaji Atiku Abubakar

5. Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Leader of All Progressives Congress National

6. Dr. Mike Adenuga

7. All Progressive Congress National Leader

8. Folorunsho Alakija of Famfa Oil

9. Dr. Emeka Offor

10.  Modupeola

11.  Dr. Paul Enenche and Dr. Becky Enenche – Senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Center 

12.  Innocent Idibia aka Tuface – Stallion Empowerment Initiatives (N10 million)

13.  Femi Otedola – Amperion Power Distribution (N1 billion)

14.  Atiku Abubakar (N50 million)

15.  Herbert Wigwe – Access Bank (N1 billion)

16.  Segun Agbaje – GTB (N1 billion)

17.  Tim Ovie (N1 billion)

18.  Emmanuel Lazarus (N2 billion)

19.  Tony Elumelu, United Bank for Africa (N1 billion)

20.  Abdulsamad Rabiu – Bua Sugar Refinery (N1 billion)

21.  Jim Ovia – Zenith Bank (N1 billion)

22.  Oba Otudeko – First Bank (N1 billion)

Donor Organizations

1. Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) (N11 Billion)

2. The Redeemed Christian Church of God

3. Living Faith Church Worldwide 

4. Takagro Chemicals Limited

5. Coscharis GroupADG International Resources

6. Prosharena Limited

7. Jennifer Ramatu Etuh Foundation

8. Keystone Bank

9. Pacific Holding Ltd

10.  Union Bank Plc.

11.  Sterling Bank Plc

12.  Standard Chartered Bank

13.  Stanbic IBTC

14.  Citi Bank Nigeria Ltd

15.  FCMB

16.  Fidelity Bank

17.  Eco Bank

18.  African Steel Mills

19.  Multichoice Nigeria Limited

20.  Wema Bank

21.  Providus Bank

22.  SunTrust Bank

23.  Coronation Merchant Bank

24.  Rand Merchant Bank

25.  FSDH Merchant Bank

26.  Unity Bank

27.  Heritage Bank

28.  Polaris Bank

29.  Nova Merchant Bank

30.  Titan Trust Bank

31.  Handy Capital Ltd

32.  Globus Bank

33.  FBN Merchant Bank

Besides indigenous contributors, 54gene, the African genomics research, services, and development company donated $500,000 to boost testing capacity in Nigeria.

The CACOVID Fund is meant to mobilize private-sector leadership and resources. The Fund will equally ensure that direct support is made towards the private and public healthcare, as well as the education sector. Several funds have already been released with regards to increasing general public awareness about the COVID-19 pandemic.