Nigerian music superstar, Davido, has announced that he will be donating the sum of N250 million raised from fans, friends and colleagues, to orphanages in Nigeria, on his 29th birthday.
He disclosed this in a social media video seen by Nairametrics.
The music icon fondly called OBO revealed that the birthday donations raised just over N200 million and he will be adding N50 million of his own money as donations to orphanages across Nigeria.
In his statement “I wish to express my sincere gratitude to my friends, colleagues, fans and the public for the generous expressions of love in recent days.The response and outcome exceeded my expectations, as I received about N200 million in less than 2 days.”
He further stated that he has always been passionate about giving back and helping people and added that, “In view of this, I am delighted to announce that all funds received totalling N200 million will be donated to orphanages across Nigeria as well as the Paroche foundation.
“In addition, I will be making a personal donation of N50 million bringing the total amount to N250 million.”
In a press statement released on Saturday on his verified Instagram handle, the music star said the total amount of the donation is N200,000,000.
He made a personal donation of N50,000,000 to make a total figure of N250,000,000 and said this money will all go as donations to orphanages across Nigeria.
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A five-man disbursement committee – with three professors and one pastor – was therefore set up by the singer to see to the sharing. The committee includes Mrs Titi Adebayo as Chairman.
Other members are; Prof Jonathan Nwose (Secretaray), Prof Yahana Joeal Asabae, Pastor (Dr) Oyalabu of Spring Time Development Foundation and Professor Uloma Unoha.
Davido said his goal is to make the donation a yearly tradition in celebration of his birthday and to give back to those in need.
In a video also on his Instagram page, he appreciated everyone that contributed to the cause explaining how the idea behind the donation started like a causal conversion.
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| The press release |
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https://www.corereporters.com/2021/11/how-davido-raised-140-million-in-two.html
He called on his fans and friends to continue to support him on the mission of giving back to society.
Davido on Wednesday took to his Instagram page and called out his friends to support his 29th Birthday coming up on November 21.
The artist challenged his friends and fans to send him N1 million, saying he has always been in a position of lifting others and now he wanted them to return the favour.
Within the first 10 minutes of announcing the challenge on his Insta stories, the pop star received N7million and went on to say that the goal was N100million.
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