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Covid-19: Soludo donates N10m to Anambra Fund
Former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has donated N10 million to the Anambra State COVID-19 Fund.
Soludo said it was the collective responsibility of citizens to rise up to the historic challenge of the moment and support Governor Willie Obiano in his efforts to shield the people or minimise the damages of COVID-19 scourge.
Soludo lauded the Federal Government, bishops and clergy of the various church denominations in Anambra, market associations, traditional rulers, leaders of town unions, political parties, civil society organisations, teachers, public servants, students, youths, captains of industry, and all Anambra people for cooperating with the government to defeat the virus.
“I am working hard with my foundation and friends on the finishing phase of a 120-bed hospital we are building, which will be managed by the church, as well as contribution to my party’s COVID-19 Fund. We are also mobilising resources and doing quite a lot at the community level, but you know that I don’t indulge in what I call opportunistic charity and I so I won’t talk more about these. The point is that a time like this requires everyone to do something, however little, to help”, Soludo said.
Soludo praised Governor Obiano for the comprehensive plan to combat the virus and the stimulus package to lessen the hardship of the lockdown of the state on the most vulnerable.
Citing the 16-bed bed isolation centre at the Onitsha General Hospital and the 240- bed isolation centre at the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) complex at Mbaukwu-Umuawaulu in Awka South Local Government Area, renovation of Ekwulobia and Umueri General Hospitals, as examples of measures to mitigate the disease if it gets into the state, he expressed satisfaction with the state’s preparedness and farsightedness in the campaign against the coronavirus.
He also praised the state government for training doctors, nurses, lab. scientists and cleaners in the management of COVID-19 patients.
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