If you say you are a rich, now is your moment for Africa. We are waiting for the billionaires and the mega churches to step forward. I use this moment to commend Mr. Tony Elumelu for dropping $14 million to help Africa on the Covid-19 fight via UBA Foundation. If you say you have money, now is the time to tell your national community. As a teacher, from a village, I will gladly do what teachers do – write and thank you. Touch us with your money and resources, ye billionaires and mega churches.
The Press Release
March 26, 2020. United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) today announced a donation of over 5 billion Naira (USD14 million), through the UBA Foundation, to catalyse a comprehensive pan-African response to the fight against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic.
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The donation will provide significant and much needed support to Nigeria and 19 other African countries, by supplying relief materials, critical care facilities, and financial support to governments.
The UBA support programme will be allocated as follows:
- N1 billion (USD2.8 million) to Lagos State Government in Nigeria.
- N500 million (USD1.4 million) to Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
- N1 billion (USD2.8 million) to the remaining 35 states in Nigeria.
- N1.5 billion (USD4.2 million) to UBA’s presence countries in Africa.
- N1 billion (USD2.8 million) for Medical Centres with equipment and supplies Free Telemedicine Call Centre facility.
The pan-African bank will fund a medical centre immediately in Lagos, Nigeria, with beds for isolation and ICU facilities, managed and operated in partnership with Heirs Holdings’ healthcare subsidiary, Avon Medical Hospital.
In addition, UBA is providing a free telemedicine platform, that is physician-led, to provide direct access to medical advice to citizens, in compliance with social distancing requirements.
UBA Group Chairman Tony O. Elumelu, stated ‘This is a time when we must all play our part. This global pandemic must bring citizens, governments and business leaders together – and quickly. As we see a rapidly increasing number of cases of the Coronavirus in Nigeria and Africa, the private sector has to work hand in hand with various governments, in stemming the spread of the global pandemic.
We commend the efforts of governments and we are keen to partner and contribute our resources to the collective effort, that will ensure the response to the pandemic is swift and effective’.
Operating in 20 African countries and globally in the United Kingdom, the United States and France, the United Bank for Africa has a strong record of supporting its communities, through challenging times.
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Let them keep it coming, at least they are managers of money, so can be trusted in the things of money; value for money right there.
Instead of looking towards a federal government that is always broke and struggling, our moneymen can face the pandemic head-on, they are more equipped for this kind of thing, because no federal character squabbles are needed here; you simply send money to where it’s needed most.
Nice one from Mr Elumelu and team UBA, while we keep waiting for others who are yet to answer ‘present’ in this all important roll call.
May you have God’s heart