Dangote Donates N200m To Help FG Fight Coronavirus

The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has donated N200 million towards the federal government’s effort to curb Coronavirus spread in the country. 

The foundation’s CEO, Zouera Youssoufou, announced this in Lagos on Tuesday. 

The Dangote foundation donated N124 million towards prevention, assessment and response to health events at points of entry into the country, while N36 million worth of facilities would go to surveillance and other areas. 

The foundation also pledged N48 million for case management and training of health workers in the country. 

Youssoufou recalled that the Aliko Dangote Foundation had committed about N1 billion to the fight against Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Africa.

She said the foundation during the Ebola crisis, supported the government through provision of funding for the establishment of the National Ebola Emergency Operations Centre (EEOC) in Yaba, Lagos.

World Bank’s Operations Manager, Kathleen Whimp, who also spoke in Lagos, said the country needed to focus on four major areas to tackle COVID-19.

The areas are: regular communication with the public, contact tracing, training of volunteers and international co-operations.

In his remark, the Director of Health Emergency Preparedness and Response of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), John Oladejo, identified some of challenges facing the fight against the virus. 

 “Inadequate isolation centres, contact tracing, training of volunteers, international cooperation, fake news and panic, were some of the challenges facing COVID-19 outbreak in the country,” he said.